Nature films, caring at Christmas, and a whirlwind 2023 for Bethany England: The Yorkshire Post features highlights this week

In case you missed them, here’s a look at some of the long-reads in The Yorkshire Post features section this week.

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00:00 Here's a look at some of the long reads in the Yorkshire Post Features section this week.

00:05 A Ripon Grammar School student has played a starring role in a film which hopes to raise

00:09 awareness following the recent State of Nature report. It found that nearly one in six species

00:13 are threatened with extinction from Great Britain.

00:16 As part of the Christmas Eve programme on Radio 3, presenter Elizabeth Orlicker explores

00:20 the ancient tradition of South Yorkshire caroling.

00:23 England international footballer Bethany England has had a whirlwind 2023 with a club transfer,

00:29 broke up heartache and a serious hip injury, but she says this year has taught her a lot

00:33 about herself.

00:34 York-born Dania Miller on The Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling, Breton Hall and

00:39 Learn to Mime in Paris.

00:41 Working over the festive period is all part of the job for many healthcare workers. Doctors

00:45 and nurses spring to mind as obvious ones, but staff from porters to cleaners, play workers

00:50 to catering teams will be giving up Christmas Day with their loved ones to keep hospitals

00:54 going for patients who need them.

00:56 And while Christmas takes its toll on dementia carers, the Alzheimer's Society charity is

01:01 running a Christmas appeal to support those who have turned to its dementia support line

01:04 to help this festive period.

01:07 We have launched a weekly Yorkshire Lifestyle newsletter sending highlights from the features

01:10 team directly to your email inbox. We include everything from theatre and restaurant reviews

01:15 to our magazine stories, arts and culture content, fashion, property and more. To sign

01:19 up visit yorkshirepost.co.uk/newsletter

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