Digital media experts from across the region came to Birmingham yesterday for the launch of the region's first Social Media Cafe.

By Rory Cellan-Jones The explosion of digital technology has changed the way we live, establishing new methods of mass communication and intimate personal interaction.

Sue Turner, Birmingham Post ballet correspondent, was one of the first passengers to fly out of Terminal 5 on its opening day but what should have been a dream trip turned into a nightmare.

The dogged determination of a 75-year-old British woman is partly responsible for plans to introduce a system where patients fed up with waiting for NHS treatment can be treated in any EU member state.

Rocky planets such as the Earth and Mars may exist or be forming within the Pleiades, a bright star cluster that is one of the best known sights in the heavens and steeped in myth. Scientists made the discovery after finding evidence of huge amounts of dust surrounding one of the stars.