The Queen has begun her historic visit to Northern Ireland in Enniskillen, greeted by cheering corwds who had braved the inhospitable weather.
The most prominent moment in the tour, which signals a key moment in relations between Northern Ireland and the monarchy, will be the Queen's handshake with Sinn Fein politician and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness.
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Yesterday I spent the day in Brussels with the newly created Digital Champions from the EU member states. It was fantastic to walk into a room full of champions. There were lots of opporunities to share experience and hear other countries issues. I took away four big things. Firstly, that there is real will at the top of the EU to make sure the digital agenda is part of the economic recovery and growth. There was an absolute shared sense that digital skills and infrastructure are not second tier issues but primary issues for every country. Whether it is ensuring we have the absolute best networks or the most widespread use of technology, all the champions saw this piece of the puzzle as vital for the future. |  | Catherine Hartmann: Respiratory Diseases: The Poor Relation
If you are over 40 and go for a routine visit to the GP anywhere in Europe, he will run a series of checks, but - even if he hears you cough - there is little chance that he will offer you a spirometry test, a simple way of measuring your breathing capacity and overall lung health. Why not? There are an increasing number of reasons - not least an inadequate level of training amongst healthcare professionals and a lack of awareness from the profession, and the public, about lung disease. The question is, how much longer can we tolerate lung diseases like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema)being overlooked and leave millions of people in pain and distress? |  | Scottee: Are You on Twitter? #FollowMe
For this reason I love Twitter and freely share the ins and outs with my life with anyone who wants to follow me. Twitter allows you to revel in your own ego under the banner of 'keeping up to date with your friends lives' and for this I'm truly thankful, but underneath it all are we just procrastinating with hashtags? |  | Dr Raj Persaud: Inside the Mind of the Penalty Taker: Can Psychology Explain Why England Fails in Soccer Penalty Shootouts?
Roy Hodgson the England Football manager was reported by the Daily Telegraph newspaper to be cursing the 'psychological block' suffered by his team when facing penalty shootouts, lamenting that practising hadn't helped. But perhaps Hodgson and his team are in fact unaware of the latest scientific research on the psychology of how to take a penalty? |  | Rupert Sutton: The Growing Extremist Presence on Twitter Highlights a Serious Issue
That extremists use social media to disseminate their ideas and to provide a platform for militant organisations to reach an audience of supporters and prospective recruits should not surprise people. What should is the ease with which they are able to do this. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CO.UK |
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