Positive News is the media brand for rigorous journalism about what’s going right. We report socially relevant and uplifting stories of progress – ranging from the global boom in renewable energy to ...

“The most gangster granny to ever live,” says photographer Jack Currie of this portrait of ‘Margaret from Edinburgh’ balancing expertly on a skate park’s rail. It’s surprising, joyous and impressed ...

The pieces for men and women include a trenchcoat that can be taken off while seated and hidden access points for stomas and insulin pumps The budget retailer Primark this week launched an ‘adaptive’ ...

From a traditional Tuscan house that challenges food poverty in Florence, to a Belgian ‘book-lovers room’ that helps to increase forest cover in Flanders, these stylish stays offer the chance for rest ...

As our latest issue hits subscriber doormats and shop shelves this week, here are just five of the inspiring life stories from inside 1. Life after almost 30 years on death row: Anthony Ray Hinton In ...

What began with nine men meeting in a room in Yorkshire has become a UK movement for suicide prevention. Now Andy’s Man Club is finding that forests can be a good place to talk, too One day, while ...

A community led rewilding site in Scotland has seen a near doubling of its native woodlands over the past 30 years – a feat achieved simply by removing sheep and deer. Woodland cover at Tireragan ...

For the first time, work-life balance has surpassed pay as the leading motivator for employees globally, according to an international workplace study now in its 22nd year. The Dutch recruitment ...

The choice reflects children’s awareness of mental health and current affairs, say those behind the annual survey In what has been a particularly turbulent week in global affairs, the choice of ...

A Gaza ceasefire deal was agreed, Indonesia launched a free meals scheme, and a ‘lost’ species thrived again in England, plus more good news Gaza ceasefire deal agreed by Israel and Hamas Israel and ...

As the climate crisis came into tragic focus in Los Angeles this week, environmentalists cautiously welcomed a new ban on offshore drilling along much of the US coastline. The last-minute climate ...

A charity that tackles electronic waste is drawing attention to the possibilities offered by reuse and repair So the decorations are down, the new calendar is up, and the tree’s off to be recycled.