From Kay Mellor and Josh Warrington - the Yorkshire Evening Post panel celebrate their Yorkshire heroes

Yorkshire seems to inspire the best in us as the long list of the region's success stories continues to grow.

This week we decided to find out what our Yorkshire Evening Post panel had to say about their local heroes.

The Yorkshire Evening Post reader panelplaceholder image
The Yorkshire Evening Post reader panel
Both Josh Warrington and Nicola Adams are both inspirational. They have been involved with lots of community ventures locally and the young generation are encouraged into sport purely by seeing these two.placeholder image
Both Josh Warrington and Nicola Adams are both inspirational. They have been involved with lots of community ventures locally and the young generation are encouraged into sport purely by seeing these two.
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