Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
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
Says the boss of the clothing firm next. We will inevitably and have already reduced the number of people working in our shops. And i expect that to continue over the coming five or six years as the demand for retail goes down. But we are taking on people in our call centre, we are training new recruits in our call centres and warehouses. As royal finances are hit by the pandemic, new figures show harry and meghans last royal visit cost almost a quarter of a Million Pounds. And a warning from shops to stuff your christmas stockings early as more people than ever are expected to buy online. A Police Officer has been shot dead at a Custody Centre in croydon in south london by a man who was being detained. It is thought the suspect was searched at the Custody Centre, before producing a weapon and firing it at an officer. Its understood he then turned the gun on himself. The officer, who has not yet been identified, was treated at the scene but later died in hospital of gunshot wounds. The
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