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This is episode one of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing from The Times and The Sunday Times first published in March.
Today we reveal how police took down the family controlling the drug trade in one British city, creating a power vacuum that was filled by a new breed of violent, criminal operation - county lines.
The Sunday Times' northern editor David Collins is given unprecedented access to North Yorkshire Police as they fight back against the drug gangs.
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Read more: Exposed: how drug gangs deal without fear as the law can’t keep up | I was a county lines drug runner. I tried to quit, then I was stabbed
Watch: School-age kingpins: why children now hold the key to county lines
Host: David Collins
Producers: Kate Lamble, Taryn Siegel
Executive producers: Tim Walklate, Dan Box
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Photo: Getty Images.
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Karen Carter was murdered outside her home in the tranquil Dordogne village of Trémolat. The police launched a manhunt, and slowly a story of obsession, romance, and unrequited love started to come to light. So, why would someone murder a well-liked member of the community? And what’s the latest development in the police investigation?
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Guest: Jane Flanagan, Africa correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Sophie McNulty.
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Read more: Murder in the Dordogne: obsession, affairs, unrequited love
Further listening: Has an AI sleuth unmasked the Zodiac Killer?
Clips: France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, RTL.
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While recovering from a heart attack, Times sports journalist Owen Slot distracted himself by watching a summer of thrilling sport. He was still hooked up to a heart rate monitor, so he decided to run an experiment: how would his heart react to the drama?
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Read by: Owen Slot, chief sports writer, The Times.
Producer: Jennifer Kennedy.
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Read more: Sport moves you like nothing else — as I found out after my heart attack
Clips: talkSPORT.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Nigel Farage has done the inevitable and defeated Count Binface in the Clacton by-election. To celebrate, Reform threw a gigantic Glastonbury-style festival on Clacton beach. Farage-fest 2026 featured disco, live music and even a Ferris wheel. But during his victory speech, Farage admitted for the first time that he may have made a mistake by failing to declare the £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne. Now, just hours after his victory, the parliamentary standards watchdog has resumed its investigation into the Reform leader. So, after the Ferris wheel and the fanfare, what next for the embattled Farage?
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Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Picture: Getty images
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It’s been five years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital. Since then, the country has been plunged into economic crisis and women have all but disappeared from society. The Times’ special correspondent Anthony Loyd has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years. He’s been back on the streets of Kabul and on patrol with the Taliban’s morality police finding out what life is like for ordinary Afghans.
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Guest: Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Emily Webb, Jennifer Kennedy.
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Read more: On patrol with the Taliban’s ‘Virtue and Vice’ police
Clips: BBC, Al Jazeera, DW News, ABC News, Fox 59, CBS, ARB 24.
Photo: Getty Images.
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A Scientology whistleblower told Times journalist Tom Ball that the church’s Edinburgh branch had children as young as thirteen working there during school hours. The church denied the allegation. Tom went undercover to investigate.
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Guest: Tom Ball, news reporter, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: Revealed: how Scientology recruits children as 'staff'
Further listening: Undercover at Britain’s ‘conspiracy school’
Clips: Apostate Alex - YouTube.
Photo: Ian Rutherford for The Times.
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Andy Burnham is facing the first big test of his premiership. With jails reaching a crisis point, the government has announced an emergency early release scheme to avoid running out of prison spaces by the end of this year. But Burnham’s proposals have faced an outcry from victims. So what options are left?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Olivia Case.
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Read more: Who is in our overflowing prisons — and why?
Clips: Thames Valley Police, BBC, Sky, TalkTV.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Nigel Farage has had a tricky summer. With his party down in the polls and beset by scandal, it hasn’t been ideal preparation for Thursday’s by-election. So Times Radio's Rosie Wright heads to the seaside in Essex to see how locals are feeling about the vote, before asking one of our politicos if the whole stunt has actually backfired.
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Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Rosie Wright, Times Radio breakfast show presenter.
Producers: Harry Stott.
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Read more: To stop Reform’s slump, Nigel Farage needs to win places like this
Further listening: Posh George: the criminal behind Farage
Clips: The Telegraph / Youtube, LBC, BBC, Whitehall Sources, Rupert Lowe / X.
Photo: Getty Images.
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The UK produces around half of the food we eat but this year's droughts have led to shriveling crops and farmers struggling to feed their animals. Is our changing climate jeopardising our food security?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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Read more: Drained reservoirs may not prevent harvest being worst on record
Further listening: Why young high achievers are leaving Britain
Clips: Sky News.
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This week, Jason Arday, who made history as Cambridge’s youngest black professor, resigned after facing serious allegations of plagiarism. How did Arday's dramatic downfall unfold? And why has this academic row sparked global headlines?
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Guest: Emma Yeomans, news reporter, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: Jason Arday: Times analysis finds ‘impossible’ data in his work
Clips: Channel 5, Sky News, Channel 4, BBC, The Telegraph.
Photo: Joshua Bratt for The Times.
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