The Paper Passport Is Dying

The Papers: NHS 'repair costs triple' and Badenoch 'fury' at Farage's TV time

Headlines include repair costs for hospitals tripling and the education secretary saying there is support for VAT on private school fees.

BBC News - 14m

'Death by 1,000 paper cuts': How 2024 became such an exceptional year for tornadoes

Experts say 2024’s tornado outbreaks set it apart, even in a year full of extreme weather. The U.S. recorded the highest number of tornadoes in a decade.

NBC News - 1h

The Paper Passport Is Dying

Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.

Wired - 1d

Babies dying of hypothermia in Gaza hospitals

Houthi rebels in Yemen say an airstrike hit the capital Sana'a after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked Israel. Both sides have increased fighting in recent days. Meanwhile, a new front ...

CBS News - 22h

The Papers: PM's heartache and Labour's 'tax hit' to flights

Saturday's headlines include the death of Sir Keir Starmer's brother and criticism of a rates increase on flights.

BBC News - 1d

Queen Elizabeth II had dim view of Orange marches, state papers claim

Irish state papers reveal a private conversation between the late Queen and an ex-Irish ambassador.

BBC News - 1d

The Papers: 'Tory war with Farage' and Just Stop Oil 'hypocrites'

Friday's papers include stories on a clash of words between Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch.

BBC News - 1d

Painstaking work to conserve Ireland’s oldest paper documents begins

Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the island’s most important historical texts. Work has begun to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on ...

The Guardian - 2d