Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are ’employees’ and should be entitled to employee rights such as holiday pay and minimum wage. – Source
2. Hundreds of people are volunteering to escort elderly Asian Americans to help keep them safe. – Source
3. Central Texas restaurant offers free meals, no questions asked. Like many local businesses they are struggling to survive under restrictions that limit it to takeout orders to slow the spread of COVID-19, but the owner is putting the community first, offering free meals to anyone who asks. – Source
4. British veterans, discharged for being gay under historic law, allowed to get their medals back. – Source
5. New Zealand Government to roll out free period products at schools. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. The European bison population is no longer vulnerable. – Source
7. Mardi Gras parades got canceled by COVID-19. So people in New Orleans turned their houses into floats. – Source
8. Jaguar to become an all-electric brand from 2025. – Source
9. 5-year-old girl from Britt Reid DUI accident awakens from a coma. – Source
10. San Diego Zoo gorillas make full recovery from COVID-19. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. All UK adults to be offered the vaccine by end of July under dramatic acceleration of the program. – Source
12. Former Proud Boys lawyer admits group ‘too toxic’ and surrenders its trademark. – Source
13. Strangers took in a delivery driver for 5 days after she was stranded in the Texas storm. – Source
14. Volunteers rescue more than 2,500 cold-stunned sea turtles in Texas. – Source
15. Fewer amputations in Yukon, thanks to pioneering frostbite treatment by Canadian doctors. – Source
