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County lines gangs are targeting free wifi areas to find children to lure into drug dealing, new report warns Criminals also recruit young people at more traditional locations such as parks Howard League for Penal Reform said children were being ‘criminally exploited’ It blamed failures in local and central government as child grooming continues By … Read more
Residents of a Washington county where 31 people have tested positive for coronavirus and nine people have died are being advised to work from home to avoid possible exposure to the killer strain. Public health officials in King County, which includes Seattle and is home to over 2.2 million people, have urged local businesses to … Read more
Police arrest 46 people during dawn raids on ‘drug dens’ in huge county lines crackdown dubbed ‘Project Medusa’ – with ‘significant’ haul of Class A narcotics and £20,000 seized Fiver police forces worked together on ‘Project medusa’ to raid 11 properties 46 arrested, 36, from Merseyside, 5 from Lancashire, 1 Cumbria and 1 Scotland Another … Read more
Oxfordshire plans to become the first ‘smoke-free’ county in England as health chiefs plan to stamp out the habit by 2025 Council chief said he hopes nobody will smoke in Oxfordshire in five years’ time Approximately 10% of the county’s population smokes regularly at the moment The Government’s target is for just 5% of the … Read more
Where else in the world can you drive half an hour from a capital city airport and find an enchanting Gothic tower on a hill overlooking an ancient wood? What’s more, a tower to which the greatest Victorian poets dedicated poems? I arrived at Helen’s Tower, 11 miles from Belfast City Airport, in darkness. When I … Read more
A stunning 14th century medieval chapel gas been uncovered in County Durham, 370 years after it was destroyed in the wake of the First English Civil War. Part of Auckland Castle, the remains of the long lost place of worship — Bek’s Chapel — were uncovered with the help of staff and students from Durham University. … Read more
Eight measles cases reported in New York’s Westchester County as officials fear the virus is spreading state-wide Six of the patients are siblings aged between six months and 14 years old Some of the Westchester patients fell sick after visiting Brooklyn New York state currently has two major outbreaks: 285 cases in Brooklyn, and 168 … Read more