The Feel Good News Thread!

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A malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford has been given the thumbs up by the World Health Organization in a huge advance against one of the world’s leading causes of child mortality.

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Thousands of oysters are settling into their new home this week: an artificial reef the size of a football pitch off the coast of north-east England.

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The world’s first ‘green container ship’ arrived in Felixstowe, England, this week, with its Danish owners describing the methanol-fuelled vessel as a “historic milestone” for global shipping.

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London emerged as the perhaps unlikely setting for a rewilding success story with the news that a baby beaver has been born in the UK capital for the first time in 400 years.

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A TV company marked an out-of-this-world first this week after being fined $150,000 (£125,000) for leaving an old satellite orbiting the Earth in the wrong place.

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The world’s first hybrid timber skyscraper has been cleared to progress by planners in Perth, Australia. [...] the finished construction will be carbon negative – storing more carbon than it uses – with timber being used for beams, flooring, studs, joinery and linings. A 100%-renewable energy supply, an EV car-share fleet of 80 Teslas, and an urban farming initiative will further bolster its green credentials.

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Millions of low-paid workers in the UK will get a £1,000 bump in their pay packets from April after the government announced an increase in the national living wage to £11 per hour.