At the start of the week we heard from Jake Furby, co-chair of the campaign group, Equal Rights UK, which has just launched a five-year strategy to help York become the first city in the North of England to be anti-racist and inclusive.

Bridlington-born comedian Rosie Jones spoke about her new Channel 4 documentary and how dealing with ableist abuse has become part of her day-to-day life.

We discovered how Open Space 70, a new environmental arts festival in Hebden Bridge is celebrating nature and aiming to provoke change.

Rosie Jones on stage during An Evening of Comedy for the Teenage Cancer Trust back in March. Photo: PA

And we heard from Ryedale Festival artistic director Christopher Glynn on the 'special people' who organise the showcase.

Finally, in arts and culture, we delved into the latest exhibition at the Tetley in Leeds - The Afra Eisma: splashdown tender, the first UK solo show from the young Dutch artist.

And we looked at Heathers the Musical as it heads to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford this month.

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Rosie Jones and Ryedale Festival: Highlights from The Yorkshire Post features team this week