Apologies for today’s Reasons to be Cheerful being so late, and to be fair I cannot make any promises about Tuesday’s news as tomorrow I become a parent and take a massive step into the deep end of life. So wish me luck.

However, I am gladdened by the HUGE weight of great stories from the weekend. As someone who struggles with depression, and has a great fondness for technology, the news about the NHS’ commitment to £1bn a year in Mental Health funding,. as well as  promising results from for Virtual Reality Therapy definitely has me grinning.

However, the stories about potential treatments fighting –

• Alzheimer’s
• MRSA
• Blood Cancer

Are certainly nothing to be sniffed at.

It’s an amazing world we live in and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my children.

• Nottingham University discover Anglo-Saxon Remedy that kills MRSA
• Extraordinary Results for T Cell Therapy against Cancer
• Scientist Identify Drugs that could help prevent Alzheimer’s
• NHS to invest extra £1bn a year into Mental Health Services
• Research points to Virtual Reality Therapy helping with Depression
• Study Suggests Women write better Code
• Long-Term Cement Study Seeks Nuclear Waste Solution
• Ordnance Survey releases Digital Map of Mars
• Lost Plant Species discovered in Amber
• Antiguans become the Oldest People to Row across Atlantic
• The Atlantic’s Largest Marine Reserve
• Aldi to Hire 5000 Staff this Year
• Rescued Baby Orangutan makes Amazing Recovery
• Scratches in Caves give Evidence pointing to Marsupial Lion being able to Climb Trees
• Missing Woman found Safe and Sound
• Malawi Prison Band gets Grammy Nomination
• Cuba returns Wrongly Shipped Training Missile back to US
• Women Racing Against men in Cholistan Desert Rally
• Manilow doing well After Surgery
• Tweddle takes first Unaided Steps after Surgery for Fall
• Rowlands Grabs Halfpipe Gold at Youth Winter Olympics
• Two England Wins in 6 Nations as Men & Women put Italy to the Sword