Positive News

The Positive News website is a media organization dedicated to reporting on positive and uplifting stories from around the world. They aim to provide a counterbalance to the often negative and sensationalist news coverage found in mainstream media.

Their reporting covers a wide range of topics, including environmental conservation, social justice, sustainable living, and personal wellbeing. The website features a mix of news articles, opinion pieces, and in-depth features, all with a focus on the positive impact that individuals and communities can have on the world.

The goal of Positive News is to inspire and inform readers, and to provide a more balanced view of the world by highlighting the good news that often goes unreported. They believe that positive news can help to create a more optimistic and engaged society, and that it is an essential part of a healthy media diet.

1. The shifting reality of knife crime in the UK

   Despite the ‘broken Britain’ headlines, violent crime is falling – including knife crime. We meet the people helping to make the streets safer

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2. This underwater sculpture will soon be a sanctuary for marine life

   A 40-tonne sculpture dropped into waters off Tokunoshima, Japan, waits to be reclaimed by fish and coral

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3. Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’

   Can impulsivity and distraction be signs of intense curiosity, not disorder, and should classrooms adapt?

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4. Will Pride in Place put communities back in charge of regeneration?

   Tom Pattinson talks to the UK prime minister about a new scheme to help communities revive their neighbourhoods

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5. What went right this week: the good news that matters

   A third of cancer cases are ‘avoidable’, Africa powers ahead on solar, and the push for global tax justice gathers pace, plus more good news

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6. Life lessons: former Olympian Aimee Fuller on what life so far has taught her

   Now presenting the 2026 Winter Games on TNT, the former Team GB Olympic snowboarder reflects on what has shaped her life beyond the slopes

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7. How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities

   From ferry companies to pubs, communities are buying local assets to run for themselves. Could new funding supercharge the movement?

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8. We tried to buy nothing new for the whole of January. Here’s how we got on

   Our team rose to the challenge of Buy Nothing New Month. Some fared better than others. This is what we learned taking part

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9. How Denmark is inviting visitors to rediscover analogue play

   In the birthplace of Lego and Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark invites visitors to rediscover play as an antidote to digital overload

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10. Shear comfort, the sheep helping people unload their worries

    A Yorkshire therapist has discovered her intuitive flock of sheep has an unexpected route to emotional healing

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