With smartphones a near-constant presence in children’s lives, one grassroots movement is pushing back – with remarkable ...

Manchester is set to build a pioneering age-friendly, zero-carbon neighbourhood as part of a £1.5bn redevelopment of North Manchester General Hospital. The project will integrate housing, healthcare ...

Fourteen years, 380 embroiderers and an estimated billion and a half stitches: the Red Dress project allows people around the world to tell their stories through embroidery Is this the ultimate ...

The burgeoning medical revolution was a major theme of 2023. “We are seeing a pace of progress that has not been witnessed for 100 years,” Bertalan Meskó, director of the Medical Futurist Institute in ...

In the 1980s, Finnish psychiatrists developed an approach to treating mental illness that dramatically improved outcomes for those in crisis. As a five-year study of ‘open dialogue’ nears completion ...

Despite competition from online behemoths, more and more indie bookshops are opening in the UK and Ireland. Here’s why (plus five of the best) In a Grade II*-listed building in Manchester’s city ...

China’s embrace of renewables has tipped its emissions into reverse, with some experts predicting the country’s CO2 output could be entering a period of structural decline. According to analysis by ...

The temptation to doomscroll through social media or watch rolling news may be strong in times of crisis, but is best avoided. The link between such behaviour and poor mental health has been proven by ...

From fostering human connections to getting your fingers in the soil, here’s how Positive News readers tune in to an abundance mindset “I am a retired, 76-year-old female. To me, abundance is having ...

Molly Earl rescues swarms of bees destined for extermination. Her reward? Buckets of golden honey so good, it’s won awards Molly Earl was “just a nipper” when she started catching honey bee swarms ...

Local resistance and limited space have stalled solar expansion in Switzerland – but a new rail-based solution could shift the momentum A Swiss firm is on track to solve the conundrum of where to site ...