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Paper boarding pass set to disappear 
15th July 2010
The humble boarding pass is becoming the latest victim of the aviation industry’s drive towards a paperless future
Instead passengers will use their mobile phones to board an aircraft, with the device being read by a scanner at the departure gate.
It will mean that passengers will no longer rummage through every pocket at the departure gate only to find the pass has been used as a bookmark for a paperback bought 20 minutes earlier.
Trio guilty of suicide bomb plot
8th July 2010
Three men have been found guilty of plotting to murder by becoming suicide bombers.
Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan and Waheed Zaman, all from east London, were convicted of conspiracy to murder by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court.
The men had been recruited in 2006 by the ringleader of what became known as the airline bomb plot.
Arrest of 'Easter bombers' led to international al-Qaeda network
18th May 2010
When MI5 received a tip-off about a possible al-Qaeda cell in the north west of England last year, the security service had no inkling it was about to smash a terrorist plot to cause mass murder on both sides of the Atlantic.
Over the following weeks and months agents would gather evidence which left no doubt that Muslim fanatics were not only planning to blow up shopping centres in Manchester, but were also connected to a planned attack on New York’s transport network which would have been the worst US atrocity since 9/11.
Probe Exposes Gaps In World Cup Security
18th May 2010
South African airport security has been exposed ahead of the World Cup, appearing to ridicule claims by the host country its defences are water tight.
Undercover radio reporters managed to take steak knives, screwdrivers, razors, pairs of scissors and even syringes on to flights without detection.

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