On today's show:

An Italian student has completed a 1,500km (932 miles) cycle ride through Europe to his grandparents' home in England.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-66735917

A new record has been set with the discovery of the world’s largest reserve of lithium having been discovered in Nevada’s McDermitt caldera which is thought to hold 40 million metric tons, which is 13 million tons more than the combined reserves of every other lithium-producing  mine on Earth.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lithium-discovery-in-crater-in-nevada-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/

Rescuers successfully removed a 5000 pound slab of concrete to save a kitten that have fallen 30 feet down a storm drain in on Long Island in New York.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescuers-move-5000-pounds-of-concrete-to-rescue-mewing-kitten-from-storm-drain/

In Australia a 78 year old elderly resident with dementia, who was scammed out of his entire life savings when he was convinced to revealing his banking information to fraudsters, has now had the entire amount totally almost 500,000 Australian dollars, reimbursed by the bank who felt a sense of corporate responsibility for the theft. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bank-decides-it-should-have-prevented-dementia-depositor-from-getting-scammed-so-reimburses-entire-life-savings/

A prehistoric bird, once thought to have become extinct, has been reintroduced to the New Zealand wild. The return of the Takahe - a large and flightless bird  - in the South Island marks a huge conservation victory, as one of the world’s rarest creatures with only 500 left. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/29/prehistoric-bird-once-thought-extinct-returns-to-new-zealand-wild

In Michigan a stray dog called Scout had enough of living at an animal shelter, and managed to escape in the middle of the night - climbed fences, crossed highways, and made it all the way inside a local nursing home where he fell asleep on a couch in a nursing home.
https://eu.freep.com/story/news/columnists/john-carlisle/2023/08/29/dog-nursing-home-bellaire-michigan-meadow-brooke-medical-care-facility/70649836007/

A lost dog named Daisy in Indiana led to concerned citizens walking door-to-door trying to find her owner.
https://healthyhappynews.com/a-lost-dogs-bark-leads-to-a-lifesaving-discovery/

Innovative surgery in Tel Aviv has allowed a an Israeli woman to talk again for the first time in ten years.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-756568

A talented cockatiel on TikTok is serenading fans with the classic Tetris theme song. https://healthyhappynews.com/tetris-tune-like-never-before-meet-the-cockatiel-nailing-the-classic-video/