Morning edition
Friday 16 October

Five nice things for Friday morning. Start wherever you like.

  1. Agência PúblicaIn Portuguese

    A bassist from Recife's Coque favela now plays for European orchestras

    A double-bassist from Recife's Coque favela, trained through the Orquestra Criança Cidadã social project, now plays for European orchestras and has performed before three presidents and two popes.

    Read it at Agência Pública
  2. ECOticias.com

    Red-striped turbine blades cut bird deaths 83% at Hopefield wind farm

  3. Long Story Short

    A 104-year-old Glasgow woman reunites with her brother after 60 years

  4. Mongabay

    Seagrass fish outstrip reef fish in nutrients across Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique

  5. NASA

    A Falcon 9 chases the ISS, then lands at Landing Zone 40