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
Who already takes it and says its changed his life. 13,000 solar panels on one roof well show you the worlds greenest industrial building. Its approximately 200,000 square feet of panels. And more than four megawatts of energy, we can produce on an annual basis. So how many megawatts do you use . Less than one megawatt. The rest is going into the public net. The cbi has exclusively told this programme the uk government is not doing enough to encourage British Companies to go green. Well ask what more they can do. And well talk live to this Liverpool Fan who got knocked out in his quest to get a wave from his hero mo salah. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later, well be talking to the foodbank in grimsby thats been so overwhelmed since the start of the Summer Holidays that it might be forced to close. If youve been using your local foodbank, maybe for the first time recently, get in touch. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, youll be charged at t
Moment and i think it is going to be tough. That is why we need to feel full confidence and with energy. Well, jurgen klopp s Young Liverpool side managed to beat chelsea and win at wembley on sunday. They play southampton at anfield and klopp says hes trying to ignore how injury depleted his squad is. Its a good moment. It is actually a very bad moment because with so many injuries it is not good, and stuff like this. But we could do so far and that is why i love the game so much. Just ignore who we are missing. Wejust ignore it as much as we can. It is just on about how can we set up a team who is difficult, still difficult to play. And that is what we will do again. You can follow those ties on the bbc sport website and app. Former Manchester United defender john oshea has been appointed Republic Of Ireland interim head coach for their march friendlies against belgium and switzerland. Oshea won 118 caps for ireland and also had a spell as assistant to former manager stephen kenny, w
To be the right action. Well have the latest on what it means, wherever you live. Also this lunchtime the latest test and trace figures for england show the highest number of positive cases since the system was launched in may. The pub chain marstons is to cut more than 2000 jobs, saying its been badly hit by the coronavirus restrictions. And the queen carries out her first engagement outside a royal residence for seven months. And coming up on bbc news, england manager Gareth Southgate says he fully backs harry maguire, despite the defenders red card in englands defeat against denmark. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Millions of people across england face tougher coronavirus restrictions from this weekend. However, theres still uncertainty as to whether Greater Manchester will be placed in the highest level of alert. A call between local leaders and downing street this morning ended without agreement. The Health Secretary matt hancock told the commons in the last ho
Sentences for convicted terrorists will be challenged in the courts. Leaving the kids in charge at Liverpool Jurgen klopp and his first team are on their holidays while the under 23s hold the fort against shrewsbury in the fa cup tonight strong with easing. More details in about ten minutes. Its tuesday fourth february. Our top story. An independent inquiry into a surgeon, who told many of his patients they had Breast Cancer when they didnt and then carried out hundreds of unnecessary operations, will publish its findings today. Ian paterson, who worked at nhs and private hospitals in the midlands, exaggerated or invented cancer risks, and left many patients disfigured. He was jailed for twenty years in 2017. Breakfasts john maguire reports. When ian paterson was a child in 2017 for carrying out hundreds of cases of unnecessary breast surgery, the trialjudge said he had deliberately prayed on his patients worst fears. Working both nhs and private hospitals in the west midlands, he trea