Hard day for people with the tragic loss of a great clown, but it’s moments like this that remind me why I started Reasons to be Cheerful. Bad things happen all the time, but importantly so do good things, amazing things.

Here are just a few:

• Purest ever silicon solves problem for quantum tech
• New scan charts how fast babies’ brains grow
• Machine predicts heart attacks 4 hours before Doctors
• Boy born without ears has ears created from ribs
• Fresh Gaza talks begin in Egypt
• Boxer to launch charitable foundation