Good News Snippets

Bite-sized chunks of uplifting news for Friday 24 April.

• Wisteria looks and smells wonderful once again.

• Heart-warming true story: penguin swims 5,000 miles every year to be reunited with the Brazilian fisherman that saved its life.

• Last night's Big Night In on the BBC raises millions for good causes, which our munificent Chancellor has kindly matched pound for pound. Thereby, doubling the total.

• Try one or more of these original ideas or exercising at home.

• Over 1,000,000 people have contributed to Captain Tom Moore's fund raising effort for NHS charities.

• UK government says we don't have to wear medical face masks when we go out. Scarves are OK. As are well-made home-made face masks. Time to get creative!

• Good news for smokers: French researchers are planning to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients and frontline health workers after a study suggested smokers may be much less at risk of contracting the virus.

• Yoga for wine lovers: a one minute video demonstrating the art of enjoying wine and yoga at the same time.

• Earth Rise: the story behind the iconic photo taken from Apollo 8.

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• Canadians Excel at Obedience: Check out Josh Freed's amusing, heart warming piece in this week's Ottawa Citizen.

• Cash for Clunkers: German car manufacturers and politicians call for ‘eco-scrappage’ plan to boost sales of green cars.

• The Economy Must Yield to Human Values: Summary of this week's article in The Economist by former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney.