Imagined Things Books - a small, independent bookshop - tweeted about struggling to get customers, and was rewarded with some heartwarming reactions from the public.

Tweets, the literary structure of choice for many, have just gone from 140 to 280 characters, reflecting its power and influence.

A 97-year-old has become an internet sensation after his grandson, Brennan Gilmore, posted a photograph of John Middlemas taking a knee in protest at Donald Trump’s comments on the NFL national anthem row.

A Tory councillor who wrote a tweet during the Eurovision Song Contest in which he referred to Irish people as "gypsies" has resigned.

Donald Trump has said the US government "needs a good shutdown" to fix a "mess" in the Senate, signalling on Twitter his displeasure with a bill to keep operations running.

Wow.

Twitter is making a major shift in how it counts characters in Tweets, giving users more freedom to compose longer messages.

Twitter is poised to overhaul its 140-character tweet system by stopping images and links contributing towards the total limit, according to reports.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has taken down a tweet showing the execution of US reporter James Foley after his family protested — but left up two other gruesome images of violence by Islamic State (IS) extremists.

We're deep into silly season now.

He just can't pull it off the same way.

ROYAL BABY PANIC.

A 15-year-old boy arrested after sending an alleged racist tweet aimed at Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck has been cautioned.

American coffee and doughnut chain Dunkin Donuts were forced to delete tweets and apologise after upsetting Liverpool FC fans with a competition.

We hope they meant election...

Dozens of Twitter users have sent 'threatening' tweets to American Airlines after a Dutch teenager was arrested.

A spokesperson for US Airways has said the person behind Monday's graphic tweet made an honest mistake and won't be reprimanded for it.

A teenager has been arrested after sending a "threat" to American Airlines over social networking site Twitter.