Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. A bbc investigation has found that drug crime in some villages in england and wales has more than quadrupled in five years. Thats as drug crime as a whole has risen in rural areas and smaller towns, but fallen sharply in major city centres. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the fight against drugs. Heroin and crack cocaine are pouring into north wales from merseyside and manchester. Theres a lot of money to be made in this town. Children and young people are running drugs hundreds of miles. They are vulnerable and at risk. If someone becomes established here, then llandudno is their town, if you like, so if another rival gang or someone from manchester or Something Like that tries coming into town and muscling in on the business, well, youre going to start getting sort of fighting between the two g
The parents of missing british teenager nora quoirin offer a £10,000 reward for her safe return in malaysia. A 50 1 one increase the surge in the number of gamblers complaining about british betting companies. And coming up on bbc news. Andy murray gets ready for a return to singles action later. He takes on Richard Gasquet in cincinnati. Hong Kong International airport has cancelled all its flights as Anti Government protests in its main terminal continue for a fourth day. Thousands of demonstrators are gathered at the airport which is one of the busiest in the world. It follows another weekend of violent confrontations between police and protestors across the former british colony. The unrest shows no sign of abating, more than two months after it was sparked by a controversial extradition bill. A warning that you may find some of the images in this report from our Global Affairs correspondent Naomi Grimley disturbing. Ground to a halt usually, hong Kong International airport is one
Could in northern scotland. Overall compared with the weekend a bit more sunshine, lighter winds, but compared with the weekend a bit more sunshine, lighterwinds, but feeling cooler out there, out of the sunshine. Not seen these temperatures for a while, largely below 20. Into tonight, cool night follows. Showers across the south east gradually clearing away but parts of north east england, the midlands and north east wales, north west wales, could be relentless showers to take us into tuesday morning. And look at the temperatures. Widely away towns and city centres, down to single figures. Start to tuesday, there are a bit of sunshine, showers from north west england, the midlands through to east anglia, a few showers in the south west and some developing across scotland during the day, but overall for the uk it will be one of the drier days of the week. Temperatures much like today, generally in the mid to high teens. By generally in the mid to high teens. By the end of the day, suns
Between the two gangs. The government begins a review of sentencing policy for the most dangerous offenders. Women going through the menopause face a National Shortage of hormone replacement therapy. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Hong kong has suspended all flights in and out of the territory as a sit in with thousands of Anti Government protesters at the International Airport enters its fourth day. Mass demonstrations and unrest show no sign of abating, more than two months after they were sparked by a controversial extradition bill. Many of those protesting are critical of the actions of police, who on sunday were caught on film firing tear gas at close range. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell sent this update from hong kong airport. This is the scene at hong kong International Airport. Both levels are completely full, black clad pro democracy demonstrators have occupied every inch of this terminal. If we come over here, we can even see down at the bottom how many thou
Cystic fibrosis patients wait to hear if two life changing drugs will be made available on the nhs in scotland. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly. England announce their squad for the Rugby World Cup. They have gone early as well. There is one uncapped player in there, three who only made their debuts yesterday and obtain a tear, the centre, is out. Is that for disciplinary reasons . All the details coming up then tear. Thanks olly and stav has all the weather unsettled all week. There will be a couple of days with drier and brighter weather as well. I will have all the details for you later. And also a Global Weather story to talk about too. Thanks stav. Also coming up the unswerving devotion of a football fan. How the 11 year old floored by a lamp post got to meet his idol mo salah. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Hong Kong International airport has cancelled all flights, as Anti Government protests in its main terminal continue for a four