Welcome to 2016! We’re back and, after this morning’s news, perhaps not a moment too soon. What started as a bit of a joke and a certain amount of frustration some years ago is, at least for me, growing. The positive news is out there if we choose to look for it and promote it.

While Bowie may be gone and the importance is not that his passing, but the people he has, and will continue to inspire. So enjoy the video of my favourite Bowie track, read the stories below, dare to dream, dare to believe and realise that we really are living in the Golden Years.

• Aid Reaches Besieged Town in Syria
• Afghan Peace Talks hosted in Pakistan
• Egypt holds 1st Parliament in 3 Years
• New Study adds to evidence that Brain Inflammation being key in Alzheimers
• Relief as river flows in North-West Queensland
• Humpback Whale saved from Prawn Fishing Gear in Loch Eriboll
• British climber rescued in New Zealand
• Crash victim saved by Social Media Appeal Stable
• Attack Thwarted at Red Sea Resort
• Horsey Beach tops 1000 Seal Births for 1st Time
• Researchers close to creating Metallic Hydrogen
• Ancient Meteorite Retrieved from Lake Eyre
• Pioneering work helping badly burnt Shamiam Arif
• Event Horizon Snapshot Due in 2017
• Scrum-Half saves woman at Preston Station
• Rare form of ice found in woodland near Callander
• Andy Murray helps raise £83000 for Unicef