Fans all a Twitter as Ross and Brand reunite online

RUSSELL Brand today threatened to reignite the row over his answerphone message to Andrew Sachs after being persuaded by Jonathan Ross to sign up to online service Twitter.

Brand, who chose the username rustyrockets, is believed to have been persuaded to use the service while visiting Ross's home.

The site allows users to post 140 updates on what they are doing. It has attracted a host of celebrities, including Stephen Fry, and was used extensively by Barack Obama during his election campaign.

It recently hit the headlines when Ross used it to communicate with fans during his suspension from the BBC over the Sachs affair. Ross used the site to discuss with fans what song he should play first on his return.

Brand has so far posted two updates to the site. Today there were more than 7,000 people following the comedian and Ross 14,000.