Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women in India, but a project training blind women to detect it in the early stages is filling a major gap in preventative medicine , and offering them ...

Editor-in-chief Lucy Purdy introduces the new issue of Positive News magazine; out now. “I’m only one person. What can I do?” said eight billion people. If you’ve ever felt doubtful about your ability ...

A misconception-busting garden has taken root in Oxford, on a spot – poignantly – where weed killers used to be developed and tested The Turner prize-winning architecture practice Assemble, together ...

Coal. It powered the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain. So it was hugely symbolic this week when the UK became the first advanced economy to quit the black stuff. Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the ...

Fresh from opening a London branch of the Poetry Pharmacy, peddling literary first aid to a new generation from the most famous shopping street in the world, founder Deb Alma explains why poetry is in ...

This year’s World Mental Health Day is themed around worker wellbeing. Here’s how your workplace is boosting yours The number of workdays lost through sick leave in the UK is rocketing, hitting its ...

As his book is released in paperback, a pioneer of the UK's rewilding movement encourages us to imagine a transformed landscape filled with our lost native birds and wildlife Derek Gow has dedicated ...

Passionate bakers and campaigners from all corners of the UK are working on raising our game when it comes to bread Share: Its puns are many, its passion for better bread singular. The Real Bread ...

The invaluable contribution of migrant workers to the UK’s National Health Service is recognised in a new collection of portraits A moving portrait series by photographer and Oscar-nominated director ...

The annual contest celebrates birds’ beauty and supports their conservation. Read the stories behind 10 winning shots A tobogganing penguin, balletic goldfinch and a Peregrine Falcon fledgling ...

Zurich – Switzerland’s sleek financial capital – has been hailed the world’s best example of a 15-mintute city. According to a new study, 99.2% of its residents live within a 15-minute walk of key ...

Passionate bakers and campaigners from all corners of the UK are working on raising our game when it comes to bread Solutions every Saturday Uplift your inbox every Saturday morning with our ...