On Twitter Thursday is usually Throwback Thursday, an opportunity to look back. In Germany we see the government looking to remove the stain of criminality from tens of thousands of homosexuals by overturning their convictions, under a law inherited from the Nazis. It cannot remove the pain of being imprisoned for who you are but with the announcement that Italy will approve Same-Sex Unions if does give us hope the that our world is changing for the better.

• Italian MPs Back Same-Sex Unions
• Germany says it will rescind 50000 Historic Convictions for Homosexuality
• £13m in Stolen Art recovered in Ukraine
• Early Tests of Hyperloop Transport System shown off to Public
• Alzheimer’s Study Aims to Stop Condition Developing
• Budget Rail service from London to Edinburgh gets Green Light
• Four resuced from Car in Flood Hit South Wales
• 2 Legged Robot Handles Difficult Terrain
• Daley & Reid win Gold at European Aquatics Championships