the plan, expected to be announced by ministers tomorrow, will see a large proportion of the cash going to prisons and the police to tackle dealers, but addicts will be taken out of the criminal justice system and into healthcare and recovery programmes. scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic rubbish in an area of the pacific ocean dubbed "the great garbage patch." plants and animals were found on 90% of the waste between the coast of california and hawaii. many of the species would normally be found thousands of miles away, and researchers are concerned that their presence could upset the natural balance. a pair of hippos at a belgian zoo have been taken into quarantine after testing positive for covid. vets in antwerp say it's not clear how the animals, imani, aged 14, and hermien, who is 41, caught the virus. restrictions have been tightened at the zoo until they test negative. the hippos are said to be doing well apart from having runny noses. we know the government is pulling out the stops to offer all adults