TV star Julian Norton signed copies of his latest book in Thirsk to help inspire a future generation of young vets.

Mr Norton, who stars in the popular Channel 5 series ‘The Yorkshire Vet’ has penned a third book, ‘The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet’ and chose to launch in at the White Rose Book Shop in Thirsk.

Scores of fans queued up to meet Mr Norton who explained why he felt compelled to write about his experiences.

He said: “My generation of vets was inspired by Herriot’s books and the TV show All Creatures Great and Small, and now I get letters from the vets of the future.

“If a by-product of being on TV and writing books is to inspire a future generation of vets, then that can only be a good thing.”

Mr Norton said that ever since he was a child growing up in Castleford, he wanted to work with animals in the Yorkshire countryside.

He also had an innate desire to write things down, so much so that when he was at school and told his teacher he was going pursue a career as vet rather than do A-Level English, the teacher said: “Will you one day, at least, write about being a vet?”

The book is based on his newspaper columns and chronicles 52 weekly veterinary stories throughout 2017.