AND FINALLY: Flying high

Jamaica is thinking of installing kiosks in its airports to sell marijuana – ganja in local parlance – to visitors as soon as they step off their aircraft. 

Officials have their eye on what happened in Colorado, which decriminalised the drug last year and saw sales rocket, raising US$135m (about £104m) in taxes for the state.

Trouble is, if your neighbour asks when you get back if you had a good holiday, you won’t know.

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