Category: GoodNews


  • Mitchum apologises after deodorant left users with itchy, burning armpits

    Faarea Masud & Connie BowkerBBC News Mitchum Mitchum has apologised after customers were left with “burning armpits” A well-known deodorant brand has apologised after some of its roll-on products reportedly left customers with itchy, burning armpits. Consumers of Mitchum’s 48-hour roll-on anti-perspirant and deodorant complained on social media of having “agonising weeping spots”, redness and…

  • This Year’s Nice Rice Price Marks an 18-year Low Amid a Doubling of Per-Acre Yield

    Jinomono Media โ€“ credit, Unsplash When we think of technological advances, writes Javier Blas at Bloomberg, we tend towards picturing faster internet, smarter devices, AI, driverless cars, and phone-controlled household appliances. But humanity continues to make advancements with even the most primitive technologies, epitomized by this yearโ€™s incredible Asian rice crop. Blas suggests the news…

  • Badenoch ‘worried’ UK may need IMF bailout

    Kemi Badenoch has said she is “really worried” that the UK might be forced to embark on a 1976-style bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The Conservative leader told BBC Newsnight that the UK could be forced to go “cap in hand” to the IMF unless the government delivers a plan for economic growth. She…

  • ‘There are great people in this world’

    โ€“ credit Family photo In a sweet story reminiscent of the Velveteen Rabbit, a young boyโ€™s favorite stuffed animal is sleeping soundly again in the arms of his owner following a harrowing few days of separation. The Kay family was returning home from a ski holiday when they parked at a rest stop in Wyoming.…

  • UK could suspend visas for countries with no returns deal

    Thomas MackintoshBBC News Reuters US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is among the attendees taking part in the Five Eyes partnership The UK could suspend visas from countries that do not “play ball” and agree to returns deals for migrants, the new home secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood made the comments as she hosted…

  • TikToker Reveals Restaurant’s Viral Compassion After He Ordered His Dog’s Last Meal

    โ€“ credit @cousinhomer, screengrab A TikToker recently went viral after sharing astory of the unforgettable treatment showed to him by a local steakhouse when his heart was breaking. Multi-instrumentalist and singer who goes by the username CousinHomer called the Cheddarโ€™s Scratch Kitchen location in Saint Joseph, Missouri with a special request: the biggest, most perfectly…

  • Ryan Routh to stand trial for alleged Trump assassination attempt

    AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images This screengrab taken from AFPTV shows Ryan Wesley Routh at a protest supporting Ukraine in April 2022. This week, a man accused in an alleged plot to assassinate President Donald Trump last September will stand trial in Florida. The incident, which occurred just weeks after a bullet grazed Trump’s ear in…

  • Descendants of Heroic WWII Flight Crew Surprised with Reunion After 80 Years

    Ancestry.com To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of WW II on September 2, Ancestry.com used its historical records and online family trees to uncover the remarkable story of a heroic B-17 crew. Their modern-day descendants came together for the first timeโ€”like one final mission 80 years in the making. โ€œ80% of Americans say…

  • Italian Grand Prix result: Max Verstappen wins as Oscar Piastri lets Lando Norris past to take second at Monza

    On the run to the first corner, Verstappen edged Norris on to the grass on the inside of the straight and then braked too late to make the first corner, cutting the chicane. That kept him in the lead, but the incident was immediately flagged by the stewards, hence Red Bull’s intervention. Piastri had the…

  • Good News in History, September 7

    89 years ago today, Buddy Holly was born into poverty in a musical family in Lubbock, Texas. In just 18 months, from his first #1 hit song, Thatโ€™ll Be The Day, to when he died in a tragic plane crash at age 22, the prolific singer-songwriter topped the charts with more than a dozen Top…