BBC Motion Gallery

Next time you are viewing YouTube, take a look at the BBC Motion Gallery, a new channel aimed particularly at students. The channel includes Travel World - a collection of quality clips featuring places of interest, from modern cities to ancient sites and civilisations.

The channel covers other topics too, including Extreme World with videos on extreme sport; try this one on urban freestyler football.

Birmingham is 55th for quality of life!

The Mercer Quality Of Living ranking assesses 221 cities to help governments and firms place staff on assignments. The worldwide rankings are produced annually from the most recent Worldwide Quality of Living Survey, conducted by Mercer. The study was based on factors including crime, political stability, hospitals, transport, food and drink, leisure, climate and personal freedom. Vienna was ranked at the top of the list for the second year running. Other UK cities included London, which was 39th with Aberdeen at 53rd position, Glasgow at 57 and Belfast at number 63 more...