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What went right this week: the good news you should know about

Gavin Haines — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:30:42 +0000

Brazil put a billionaire tax on the table, the EU power sector saw a ‘historic shift’, and dogs helped to rewild England, plus more

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What’s the single most inspiring thing anybody has said to you?

Positive News — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:21:16 +0000

We want to know: what wise words have positively impacted your life?

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Rising and shining: one woman’s mission to demystify the baking of bread

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:12:17 +0000

After baking bread lifted her out of a deep depression, Kitty Tait resolved to share the benefits of an honest, unprocessed, crust

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‘Trees show us what community means’. The importance of having access to forests, according to you

Positive News — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:40:30 +0000

Positive News readers share the profound impact that being in forests has had on your wellbeing 

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What went right this week: how AI might save your life, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000

Trees offered a ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more

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Reading between the lines: the book club boom

Iris Pase — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:07:27 +0000

A desire for offline community and connection is fuelling a resurgence of interest in book clubs in the UK

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Value in the meantime: the social enterprise transforming London’s empty buildings

Martin Wright — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:25:02 +0000

Empty buildings are a rich resource, believe staff and volunteers at the ReSpace social enterprise

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What went right this week: a beacon of social progress, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:41 +0000

Sweden let grandparents take parental leave, a rare species turned up in Ireland, and there was progress against cancer, plus more

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Life lessons: Omid Djalili on what life so far has taught him

Jo Caird — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:58:18 +0000

The stand-up comedian and actor on being a bridge between east and west, improving his listening skills and harnessing anger for good

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The bid to ensure that no one dies alone

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:10:30 +0000

A nurse who trains compassionate citizens to provide company for people in the last hours of their lives is expanding into tackling social isolation too

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