A TELEVISION company has planted 50 trees in the Yorkshire Dales to mark its 50th anniversary.

Actor Zoie Kennedy, who plays staff nurse Meryl Taylor in medical drama The Royal, helped plant the new woodland in Wharfedale.

The native broadleaf trees were paid for by ITV to mark the end of its anniversary celebrations.

Mark Covell, head of regional affairs at ITV Yorkshire, said: "We are keen to support the conservation of the Yorkshire Dales, and what better way to celebrate than planting trees that should still be here when ITV celebrates it's centenary."

The native woodland is being created by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.

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