If it starts like this...

We did it. We won. I still can't believe it.

And also has this...

When I saw it, I smiled, because I knew this transformation was going to be good.

It must be the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

This is Andrew Peach, and among the uplifting news stories we've got for you this week,

saving antelopes from extinction in Kazakhstan, scientists who found a new way to spot brain

tumours.

I feel, of course, positive.

I feel a little bit lucky that it worked.

A survival story from the Himalayas.

We started to look on the rock and see where there would be ice that would potentially

be melting in the sun so that we could somehow put our water bottles underneath some

drips and try and essentially just get a few mouthfuls of water just to keep us a little bit hydrated.

And treadmills for bats.

The one that we got wasn't made for vampire bats, but they are little champion runners.

Let's start in South Africa, where the winners of this year's Earth Shop Prize were announced by Prince William.

Good evening, and hello to everyone joining us live across Africa.

Sanibonani.

This award recognises initiatives designed to combat environmental challenges.

There are five winners. They get around

$1.2 million each to help expand their projects, as our correspondent Daniela Ralph told me from

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