Incompetent terrorists meet their match in incompetent authorities

Terrorism has transformed air travel into a bloody nightmare.

The fastest method of transporting large numbers of people is now one of the slowest, largely because the powers-that-be focus on preventing little old ladies bringing tubes of moisturiser onto flights

GARY was over at the races in Newcastle since Friday. Given a choice, he’d have been at a match involving Newcastle United, to whom he bears a fealty above and beyond the call of sanity. He goes to all their home matches, bringing a bevy of younger addicts with him. Whenever they have a loss like the one they had in the UEFA Cup, he goes into a total decline. For a full fortnight, there’s no talking to him.