Apologies for missing yesterday, the path of parenthood rarely runs smooth. So, here is a double issue of your daily dose of the positive out there.

Favourite story, going into the weekend, without a doubt, is that the bullethole plugging syringe, that was approved by the FDA last year, has saved its first life. A coalition soldier, shot in the line-of-duty, will survive because of this amazingly simple invention.

• Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania
• Bullethole Plugging Syringe has saved a Life
• Obama makes Historic Visit to Hiroshima
• Chicxulub Crater Drill Project a Success
• Neanderthal Stone Ring Found in French Cave
• 2-Year-Old Receives Heart Transplant
• Anti-Cancer Vaccine Pilot Scheme Launched in UK
• Melon-Sized Tumour Removed from Man’s Neck
• 9 Rescued from Hot Air Balloon by Passing Boat
• 3 Rescued from Fishing Boat
• More Beavers Join English Wild Colony
• A Bus that Drives over Cars
• WWII Submarine Wreck found off the coast of Sardinia
• Nicola Adams wins World Flyweight Gold