Time for a good news story.
In these times of rising Covid case numbers, football postponements and little solace being offered by England's cricketers in the Ashes Down Under, here was an afternoon to forget about those and enjoy the re-emergence of Blackburn as a credible footballing force.
They swept aside Birmingham City for their fifth straight win to move up to third in the Championship, just one point behind Bournemouth in second and firmly in the mix for a return to the Premier League in their tenth season since relegation.