as old as him has gone before. the 90 year old actor, famous for playing captain kirk aboard the starship enterprise, is heading into space as part of the crew of the next blue 0rigin flight. mr shatner will be joining three other people on board the rocket, which is due to blast off next tuesday. there was a birthday party with a difference at a zoo in shanghai. this panda trio celebrated their birthdays in style. fruit cake was on the menu but bamboo seems to have been the treat of choice. people came from across china to see the fun. the pandas even received customised gifts barbells for the boys, bamboo purses for the girls. just a touch sexist, perhaps. the punters may not have minded, though. we have been asking today for your reaction to outages across facebook, whatsapp and instagram yesterday. sara ronson on twitter says i use