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A star-studded Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro celebrated global ingenuity and hope for the planet, honouring five remarkable winners across its key categories. Brazil’s re.green, which uses AI and satellite technology to restore vast tracts of the Atlantic forest won the for Protect and Restore Nature category. The city of Bogotá, Colombia, took the Clean Our Air prize for cutting pollution through electrification and green urban design. The Revive Our Oceans award went to the High Seas Treaty, a landmark global accord creating the first legal framework for high-seas protection. Nigeria’s Lagos Fashion Week earned the Build a Waste-Free World award for transforming fashion sustainability in Africa. Finally, Bangladesh’s Friendship received the Fix Our Climate award for its pioneering community resilience work: by 2030 it will protect 4,000 miles of coastline with mangroves and expand disaster relief for 50 million people. Each winner embodies Earthshot’s vision - turning urgent environmental challenges into enduring hope. Prince William, the founder of the Earthshot Prize, said: ‘Tonight we have felt extraordinary optimism from these innovators. Their work is the proof we need that progress is possible. Their stories are the inspiration which gives us courage.’

Christian Vision for Men (CVM) has welcomed a new campaign by the mental health organisation Time to Change, which urges men to support their friends if they suspect they're suffering from mental health issues. The 'In Your Corner' campaign asks men to be more open and supportive of their friends. A national survey of over 3,000 men found that 86% would feel comfortable supporting a friend who has a mental health problem. The research also highlighted that men who wouldn't feel comfortable in such circumstances hold these common beliefs: ‘I wouldn't know how to support them’ (58%); ‘I don't know anything or much about mental health, so wouldn't be much help’ (34%); ‘I'd probably say the wrong thing and make it worse’ (34%). CVM’s Jeremy Geake said that any form of connecting such as texting a friend or meeting for coffee is valuable in helping to tackle mental health issues.