I was at the launch of Bristol's Enterprise Zone earlier today and chancellor George Osborne was in attendance. During his speech he said the Bristol electorate should vote yes in the mayoral referendum on 3 May. He made the comment while stood on stage with Bristol Council leader Barbara Janke, a fierce opponent of the introduction of a mayor in the city.

I managed to grab some time with the Osborne and asked him why Bristol needs a mayor.

Last night 33-year-old Sohaib Athar started tweeting strange goings-on in the Pakstani town of Abbottabad completely unaware he was recording an historic event. The computer programmer, who tweets as @ReallyVirtual, was unwittingly live blogging the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.

Things like that don't take long to spread nowadays, something reflected in the huge hike in Athar's Twitter followers.

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