Sometimes it’s hard to find positive stories, and sometimes it’s hard to pick the best story from the positive news I find. Today, I’m having no such problem. As we have seen from the recent news about the CIA, it is often true, that when faced with a threat one of the victims quickly becomes our own values. Demonising the people we feel are attacking us is easy in an environment of high emotion, we make them less than human as how could a person do something like that, something that is often made worse by a high speed media looking to summarise and give vent to a collective outcry of grief and pain. In the aftermath of the siege in Sydney, Australia, in a media world where we read of violence in the middle east almost daily, to blame a community for the actions of an individual. It was with a massive grin that I saw the #Illridealong hashtag as Australians chose to show solidarity with and offer protection to muslims so they need not fear a backlash. A wonderful public display of understanding and faith in humanity.

Somedays having faith in humanity gets that little bit easier 😀

• Australians show Solidarity with Muslims
• Rouhani pledges to Face Down opposition to Nuclear Deal
• Artic Sea Ice holds up in 2014
• Michael Bond writes New Paddington Story
• Gay Marriage Law come into effect in Scotland
• Savile Compensation Scheme Approved
• UK Inflation at 12 Year Low
• Microbes from Deepest Marine Drill Analysed
• Renovated Tutankhamun Gallery Unveiled
• New Scheme to helps Poorer Students to pursue Outside Interests
• Navajo buys back sacred masks
• Weston Park Museum receives £700k Lottery Funding
• 11 Dogs rescued after fall
• Westwood wins Thailand Golf championship
• McIlroy wins European Tour Player of the Year