People experiencing homelessness are to be given direct financial support as part of a pioneering UK trial. The government-funded trial is inspired by similar schemes in Mexico and Canada, where cash ...

Relatable language, fast-paced messaging and avoiding scare tactics are key to the new project, thanks to the input of Scottish teens Young people in Scotland have worked alongside the UK charity ...

Surrounded by concrete, in a low-ceilinged space that could optimistically described as ‘intimate’, musicians sit with bows poised, mouthpieces at the ready. They’re here to perform a prom, but this ...

The chatbot-like tool creates group statements that reflect majority and minority views, helping people to find areas of agreement Fancy letting a machine mediate your argument? It could be the latest ...

Looking for festive gift inspiration? Then take a cue from Positive News readers, who reveal the most meaningful Christmas presents they have received Like Santa’s sack, our inbox has been overflowing ...

From well-chosen words at a time of need, to practical help when you were in a tight spot: when have you benefited from the goodwill of people you don’t know? When meeting our need to feel safe, ...

Digital apps get a bad rap for disconnecting families, but one company has come up with an idea that reconnects generations by combining technology with print Once upon a time some 20bn letters were ...

The winners of this year's International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition have been announced A sunrise on the Atacama desert in Chile and an elm tree in a snow storm are among the four ...

Amid the cost of living crisis, the University of York has launched a plan to address the financial and educational inequalities students face Huddled over the books and notes on her bed, Milda looked ...

NHS centres are involved in the search for patients who have lived much longer than expected, in hope of developing new therapies Researchers behind a major international study aim to unravel the ...

For decades, gross domestic product (GDP) has been the accepted yardstick for measuring a country’s prosperity, despite not placing value on activities such as childcare. Now, a rival metric, covering ...

There was progress on poverty, the ‘building of the year’ was revealed, and researchers offered a quick climate win, plus more good news Poverty rates hit a new low in Latin America Poverty rates in ...