Well today seems to be one for the innovators out there. While the huge haul for Team GB at the Paralympics is an amazing start the news that there could be a potential cure for malaria and a student’s invention that could save millions of lives has set me up for the weekend.

Here are some more positive news stories to help get you to a well earned rest:

• Dyson Award for Vaccine Cooler designed by Student
• New Compound could stop Malaria
• Libyan Chemical Weapons Components arrive in Germany for Destruction
• UK Trade Deficit shrunk in July
• Giraffe identified as 4 Separate Species
• Librarian leaves $4m to University
• The Video games helping the Elderly to Stay Active
• Tourists rescued from Mont Blanc Cable Car
• Borders Railway breaks 1 million Passengers Mark
• Waste Ground transformed by Kew Gardens Funding
• Jaguar Unveils new Formula E Racer
• Murray & Soares into US Open Final
• 5 Golds & More for GB at the Paralympics