'The biggest threat to life in Egypt isn't bombs, pirates or bird ...
It's 1.20pm at Heathrow Terminal 4 and the scene at the departure gates is tense. Those of us flying British Airways to Egypt have heard that traces of polonium-210, the radioactive poison that did for Alexander Litvinenko, were found on BA planes. We're even reminded of it shopping in Boots ("You don't want to get the runs, do you? Get some of that polonium, sorry imodium Extra...").


