Hannah Partos, Author at Positive News Good journalism about good things Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:16:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Hannah Partos, Author at Positive News 32 32 The campaign to outlaw lying in politics https://www.positive.news/society/the-campaign-to-outlaw-lying-in-politics/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:14:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488227 As the Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal, could Westminster and other governments follow?

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]]> ‘There’s a lot of space now for solutions.’ Meet the hosts of the Positive News podcast https://www.positive.news/society/meet-the-hosts-positive-news-podcast/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:28:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=484886 The doctor and journalist who front the new Positive News podcast talk mental health solutions and why hope is a crucial strand of wellbeing

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]]> Life after: Escaping gang violence https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/life-after-escaping-gang-violence/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:34:05 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=483994 Cenia Elizabeth Muñoz, who fled gang violence in El Salvador, describes finding opportunity and hope in the UK

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]]> Life after: Sexual abuse and grooming https://www.positive.news/society/sammy-woodhouse-sexual-abuse-grooming/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:19:54 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471313 Sammy Woodhouse was subjected to brutal treatment by her former ‘boyfriend’. After rebuilding her life, she has helped thousands of others

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]]> ‘It reaches deep inside people’: the climate choirs singing for the planet https://www.positive.news/environment/climate-choirs-sing-for-the-planet/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:31:19 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=460387 More than 500 members of UK climate choirs are taking part in peaceful protest performances on the climate and nature emergency

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]]> Life after: Wrongful conviction https://www.positive.news/society/life-after-wrongful-conviction-seema-misra/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:49:21 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=404234 Seema Misra was pregnant when she was jailed for theft as part of the Post Office scandal. It took 11 years to prove her innocence

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]]> Life after: Homelessness https://www.positive.news/society/life-after-homelessness/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:49:52 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=396667 His past includes domestic violence and homelessness, but Mitak Ahmed’s story is one of resilience too

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]]> Refill shops: the once-niche trend that’s going mainstream https://www.positive.news/society/refill-shops-the-once-niche-trend-thats-going-mainstream/ Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:43:59 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=394320 The UK now has hundreds of refill shops, helping people reduce packaging. Now supermarkets are getting in on the act

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]]> The plan to create an orchard in every prison in England and Wales https://www.positive.news/environment/the-plan-to-put-an-orchard-in-every-prison/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:45:14 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=391257 A charity is working to ‘green’ the UK’s prisons using orchards, a project that is reaping rewards for inmates and the environment

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]]> How two survivors of domestic violence found meaning from tragedy https://www.positive.news/society/how-two-survivors-of-domestic-violence-found-meaning-from-tragedy/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:36:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=385762 Orphaned by a father who killed their mother and sister, Luke and Ryan Hart now help others who face controlling relationships

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