tonight at 10:00 — the shift in drug crimes from city to countryside. we have a bbc investigation. police in england and wales are seeing more offences in small towns and villages where gangs target vulnerable people. they're all from deprived backgrounds, generally. they've either been in care, or on at—risk registers. they‘ re constantly missing from homes. today, boris johnson orders a review of prison sentences for violent and serious crime, his latest law and order initiative. we'll be asking whether longer sentences reduce crime. also tonight — thousands of pro—democracy protesters force the shutdown of hong kong's airport. beijing says terrorism is emerging in the city.

a national shortage of hrt drugs. women are being told to see their gp about alternatives. the to see their gp about alternatives. idea that i may and the idea that i may go to my doctors and not be able to get the hrt is worrying. i don't want to go back to being that hormonal anxiety mess that i was beforehand. and 50 years since the beginning of the troubles in northern ireland. we hear local people's memories. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, andy murray makes his return to singles tennis at the cincinnati masters. good evening. an investigation by bbc news has

found that drug crime is shifting from many big cities to the countryside. in the last five years, the number of offences has fallen in urban areas but risen in rural ones. dealers, known as county lines gangs because they operate across borders, have expanded their networks into suburbs and smaller towns. city—based drug gangs use the homes of addicts as a base for their dealing, called cuckooing. in a moment we'll hear about the government's proposals today on law and order. but first our special correspondent ed thomas reports from north wales. his report contains images of drug use. county lines in 2019. they‘ re making thousands, can you blame them? if it was legal they'd be out of business. protecting users and safeguarding children.

say we arrested one or two, you can guarantee there'll be another ten available. for three months we followed a county line from liverpool to north wales. stay down! police! with teenage drug runners moving heroin and crack hundreds of miles every week. sue's daily routine is 20 years in the making. first heroin, then crack. each county line can make up to £5,000 a day. i've just come to have a look. two lines have been in sue's home. it's called cuckooing, when dealers move in selling drugs. first, in 2017, mohammed from a london gang... you've got that there in case you get

taxed, haven't you ? ..took over sue's flat to deal heroin and crack. then, last year, this teenager who we can't name, arrived from liverpool. he was caught with thousands of pounds worth of illegal drugs. you're never going to get rid of the drug problem. in llandudno, pc carl barlow‘s priority is to protect users and children. in the top flat, we suspect some people cuckooing at the moment. day and night, we watched carl visit heroin and crack users. some in crisis. or at risk. carl's worried that there are young teenagers in these flats now selling crack and heroin.

there are thousands of vulnerable long—term users across north wales. this woman admitted to using heroin while carl was in the house. you ask any of the users, have i ever locked them up for having personal bits on them? are we talking crack here or heroin? both. both? because, what's the point? there's no way that i would be allowed access into these properties without a warrant and stuff like that if they knew that i was going to go in there and lock them all up for possessing personal use heroin and crack cocaine. and this is why, to safeguard children. how old are you? 16. all right. from liverpool? school aged children sent to north wales. well, don't come to llandudno selling drugs.

i need to get int those addresses to check that there's no kids in there and if i'm not let in the address i can't do that. they're all from deprived backgrounds, generally. they've either been in care or on at—risk registers. they‘ re constantly missing from home. then there's the violence. mark mason was chased in a car and then stabbed to death in rhyl by a liverpool gang. in connah‘s quay, teenager matthew cassidy from merseyside was murdered by a county lines rival. nobody here? just have a quick look, yeah? here, police are worried about kate. at risk of being cuckooing. ——at risk of being cuckooed. nobody's been here? would you tell us if they had?

of course i would. these people need to be told to stay away from me. i don't know what they've done in the past. i've certainly not hurt anyone. i have not sold any drugs to anybody. the message... it's a horrible thing to do. ..has already been sent. it is terrifying. and it's not fair? no, it's not. every single ground floor window apart from the door has been put through. and her biggest concern is that the people who have done this will come back and do it again and again. atjust 2a, this woman is using heroin. how long does it take to get heroin and crack on this estate? two seconds. two seconds? yeah. it's quite rare for a 24—year—old to be using heroin. i know. i'm the youngest in the whole town. are you? yeah. only four weeks before this filming, her mum died after using heroin. how many people around

here are taking it? near enough the whole town. heroin? yeah. are you shocked? it is never—ending. so what needs to change? it's difficult. the only way you would stop the drug supply is from, you know, the 0cgs, the county lines stuff and all that, is if the drugs were legalised. mohammed was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. sue faces eviction. the national crime agency says the police alone cannot solve county lines. ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. drugs offences, particularly those involving violence, are the sort of crimes the prime minister says he wants to target. today, in his latest law and order initiative,

borisjohnson ordered a review of sentencing for violent criminals. critics say there is no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. here's our home editor mark easton. a drive—by shooting in birmingham, a 20—year—old man killed as he played football. four days on, still no arrests and a community still in shock. i'm feeling nervous, and especially my son, he's scared, he's really, really scared. it's the kind of high—profile crime that is feeding current anxiety and prompting a u—turn in government policy. after years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly there is money and resources. i will be passionately backing the police... more cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. amid hints of a general election this autumn, borisjohnson wants to sound tough. i want to see several things happen. i want to see a review

of sentencing, because i think too many serious sexual and violent offenders are not getting the sentences that they deserve. what is notable in the prime minister's rhetoric, though, is the absence of evidence, of detail as to how they're going to do this, how they are going to pay for it and how it is going to make a positive difference to violent crime. there is a promise of 10,000 more prison places in england and wales, but it's a promise we heard in 2015 and 2016 and again in 2017. britain already incarcerates more of its population than any country in western europe and if they do manage the extra places, it will cost an additional 250 million every year. what i'm very pleased about is not only the 10,000 prison places, but we have now got an announcement of £85 million more for the crown prosecution service. you have already cut

100 million from the crown prosecution service budget, so why is 85 million good news? of course this is fantastic new funding, new support... but you've taken the money away! and i've spoken with the director of public prosecutions this morning and he's extremely please. and he's extremely pleased. i'm sure he is because he's had 100 million taken out of his budget since you came to power. so there is still a £15 million cut. we are absolutely delighted with the news. can i ask you about the 10,000 prisoners, how much is that going to cost? stop, against the wall. get against the fence! what did i do? police across england and wales have now been told they can stop and search people without needing reasonable suspicion of a crime. earlier this year, the power was trialled in seven force areas but such was the concern about possible damage to community relations that reviews were planned after six months and a year. just three months in and without any formal evaluation the government is expanding it across the country. random stop and search in and of itself does not bring down violent crime and knife crime, it's about what works. crime has risen up the list

of public concerns, people want something done. but whether easier stop and search, tougher sentencing and more prisoners is the answer, well, the evidence is thin. mark is with me. what people want to know is whether the sort of things that are being talked about today tackle the violent crime that we saw in ed's report at the start of the programme. almost a decade of cuts to the criminaljustice system have left it struggling to deal with new crime threats, the muscularity of the drug gangs who are behind a lot of the urban knife crime, drive—by shootings, and as you say, the drugs network that now extends to almost every corner of the country. the additional resources, if and when it comes, i think will make a difference to tackling those new crime threats as well as improving the efficiency of the system as a whole. but while there is rising public concern about violent crime, particularly things like knife crime, actually overall, it is

currently at historically low levels, around 70% down on where it was in the mid—90s. in fact, your chances of being a victim of violence are the lowest since records began, and that must, i think, be important when we think about how best to spend the billions of pounds that today's announcements represent. mark, thank you. mark easton. tween tween one of the world's busiest airports, hong kong international, has been closed for the day, and all flights cancelled, after thousands of anti—government protesters joined a sit in. there have been demonstrations in hong kong for ten consecutive weekends now, about a proposed law that would have made it easier for suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial. beijing has called some of the protests "terrorism", and vowed to respond to violent crime with an iron fist. jonathan head reports. as the last flights came in, the passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young people

waving posters, pleading for support. they feared the police were about to storm the airport. its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain but their flight due to fly back to britain but their flight was cancelled. we flew in from taipei this morning and it was fine until we got to arrivals and there was a mass protest and everything closed down. there was a mass protest and everything closed downlj there was a mass protest and everything closed down. i have got my a—level results on thursday, so i am hoping! my a—level results on thursday, so i am hoping i get back for them and we are not on a flight. the crowds had built up during the day as more people poured into the terminal to protest at police brutality over the weekend. this incident in particular, where demonstrators were cornered, beaten and shot at with pepper guns at the top of an underground escalator has shocked hong kong. at a press conference

local journalists held up hong kong. at a press conference localjournalists held up pictures of the injured, demanding better a nswe rs of the injured, demanding better answers from the city's police chiefs. this is now a beleaguered force, detested by many people in hong kong over its handling of the unrest. so, would china intervene to reinforce them? that would be a dramatic and dangerous step. the language from beijing, though, has hardened, describing the protests as terrorism. and the airport closure will doubtless be depicted by china as yet more unacceptable damage to hong kong's economy. rumours have been swirling that the police are moving in to try to clear protesters who are still here. it is hard at the moment to understand how they are going to do that, there are still a lot of stranded passengers sleeping at the airport, but these

activists believe that operation is possible and they are deciding what to do about it and whether they resist. suddenly they were gone. a violent confrontation had been avoided, the airport could prepare to reopen. but the protesters say they will be back. hong kong's season of strife has not yet run its course. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. one of president trump's senior aides has suggested the united states and britain could pursue a sector by sector trade deal, after brexit. speaking following a meeting with the prime minister in downing street, john bolton said the countries could start with areas like manufacturing and car making, and work out more complicated areas later. there is a national shortage of hrt, hormone replacement therapy which is used by about a million women, mainly to help with symptoms linked to the menopause. many of the most commonly prescribed forms of the treatment are out

of stock at chemists. the government say it's a result of manufacturing delays, as our health editor hugh pym reports. according to my doctor, there are no patches for at least three months if possibly longer. the last time i went into the chemist the pharmacist said, "we don't know whether we will be getting them back in at all." i'm just afraid that a lot of the symptoms are going to come back and it really eats into the quality of life. these are anxious times for some women on hrt. shortages of some products, including patches, have caused distress and fear. 0ne campaigner trying to raise awareness of the menopause told me how even the thought of not getting hrt is alarming. i suffered very, very badly. i was very anxious, i had depression, i had paranoia as well as the physical symptoms. the idea that i may go to my doctor and not be able to get the hrt is worrying.

i don't want to go back to being that hormonal anxiety mess. the government advice is that alternatives are available and patients should consult their gps, the doctors say that is not as easy as it sounds. the products they have been used to and are stable and very happy with are suddenly not available and they are having to go to their gp for alternatives. sometimes they are having to go back and forth between the pharmacy and the gp. one of the challenges we have is that gps don't know at any one time what products are available at the pharmacy. and patients say switching to an alternative could itself cause side effects. i was given the last tablet that they had available which caused terrible side—effects that were almost as difficult to live with as having no hrt. supply problems can happen in the pharmaceutical industry, though this time they've had a ripple effect, taking in many patients. it seems to be my understanding

a lack of a particular ingredient with a particular manufacturer which has caused a knock on for other manufacturers having to increase their supply to meet demand. there have been complaints there were shortages of some drugs at pharmacies earlier this year. there were suggestions of unofficial stockpiling in the supply chain ahead of brexit, though there is no evidence that is happening at this stage. the hrt issue underlines that shortages come with a human cost. hugh pym, bbc news. indian administered kashmir remains in lockdown on the islamic festival of eid al adha. during what is usually one of the biggest celebrations of the year, communications are cut and movement has been restricted for an eighth consecutive day. the state has been tense since the indian government revoked its special status last week, stripping it of the ability to make its own laws and guarantee jobs for local people. kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india, with the nuclear armed neighbours controlling different sections of the state.

stripping indian administered kashmir of significant autonomy is being seen by some as a drive by the hindu nationalist government for more control over india's only muslim majority state. but delhi argues that the move will bring great benefits. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is one of the few international journalists in kashmir, she sent this report from srinagar. after they said their eid prayers hundreds took to the streets in one part of the city. they were protesting against the indian government's decision to remove kashmir‘s special status. two days earlier a rally in the same area had turned violent. today it remained peaceful. the rest of the city wore an uneasy calm. security forces were out in full strength. there were checkpoints on virtually every road. big mosques were closed.

people were allowed to pray in smaller numbers but not everywhere. this elderly man argued with a policeman to let him through. behind a makeshift fence a crowd gathered just across the road from the mosque they go to. "they are not allowing us to go to the mosque and offer prayers," this man said. "we don't know what the problem is." "even though we've come in peace we are not being allowed to go ahead," another one told me. few ventured out to meet relatives and friends. this lady was one of them. she took a chunk of meat to her brother's home, an eid tradition. translation: we don't feel like today is eid, we are in sorrow, we are in mourning. what have these people done to us? on a festive day like eid this street would have been bustling with people coming out here to buy sweets, clothes, jewelry. today the shutters are down,

the markets are empty. for more than a week now this region has been in a lockdown and there are no clear answers about how long it could go on for. the restrictions that have been imposed at certain sensitive places were completely maintained and we, depending on the local situation, have given some relaxation. 0utside this region india's people overwhelmingly support the government's actions. here the anger is simmering and a government that is perhaps worried that the situation could spiral out of control is taking no chances. yogita limaye, bbc news, srinagar. this week marks 50 years since the beginning of the troubles in northern ireland, a conflict which lasted three decades, claiming 3,500 lives. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has been speaking to people in belfast about their memories of the sectarian fighting which led

to the british army being deployed on the streets of their city in august 1969. i was in my house that night, and the land rovers and all the vehicles, we saw passing the window, and i thought, what are they here for? few would've guessed this was to be the start of one of the most prolonged military deployments in british history. ifelt really bad because, you know, these guns were pointing at me. a civil rights campaign and street protests aimed at ending discrimination against catholics escalated into violence between the nationalist and unionist communities. people sometimes had wardrobes in front of their living room windows and furniture was shifted around, just in case a stray bullet came into the street. mina lived in a mainly protestant area at the time.

just streets away, catholics were being driven from their homes. you could see the flames and the shooting, incredible. whole streets were burnt to the ground. basically it was just gutted and the smell, the sounds even of the wood still splintering even after two weeks. at first, for patricia, seeing british soldiers in catholic areas was a relief. but it was short—lived. people here gave tea to soldiers, i mean, that was part of the irish tradition. you welcome the stranger. we thought they were going to stop, get all this stopped, and itjust didn't happen. explosion. the provisional ira began an armed campaign. its aim — removing the british presence in northern ireland. loyalistsjoined paramilitary groups to fight back. i was a 20—year—old fireman. we would get a call and we just turn out to it.

the first thing i always remember is you'd get the terrible smell, the acrid smell of brick dust. our policy always was save life, save property and, if you can, save yourself. a curfew was imposed as thousands of troops carried out house—to—house searches. like many in her area, patricia joined sinn fein — the political wing of the provisional ira. i think the curfew was the turning point in terms of how the catholic population, nationalist population, saw the soldiers. and then they became the enemy. nationalist and unionist communities became further divided. here, the catholic community of ardoyne separated from their protestant neighbours just across the road. in 50 years, after the barricades first went up, these two communities still live apart. northern ireland is now a very different place than the dark days of the summer of 1969.

peace has brought prosperity, but divisions remain — scars that are difficult to heal. the hardest part, i would say, was waking up every morning and finding more catholics killed. i found that... that would've made me think, we need to stop here. to this day, do you believe the ira attacks were justified? yes. you cannot qualify or quantify the harm the troubles or the conflict has done to northern ireland, and will we ever get back to normal again? well, i don't know. looking back at the start of the troubles, 50 years on. finally, after saying eight months ago that his career could be over, andy murray resumed singles tennis tonight following his major hip surgery. he's played frenchman richard

gasquet at the cincinnati masters. gasquet won the match. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday.

i'm chetan pathak. 0n the programme tonight: the comeback continues... andy murray returns to singles action for the first time since january, but is beaten at the cincinatti masters. a huge blow for wales and their rugby world cup hopes, as gareth anscombe is ruled out with a knee injury, whilst england announce their squad with a couple of surprise inclusions. and bronte law and jodie ewart shadoff are named among the captain's picks for next month's solheim cup. hello and welcome to sportsday, thanks forjoining us. back injanuary andy murray broke

down in tears after going out of the australian open, fearing his career was over because of a hip injury. today at the cincinnati masters, he's made his long awaited return to singles tennis following hip resurfacing surgery. he'd already been playing doubles of course, including winning the title at queens and teaming up with serena williams at wimbledon, but today was a whole other test, as marc edwards reports. it's been a tough few months for andy murray but he is back where he belongs. the worst possible start for murray, first point, double fault and broken in his first game. it was a fair set that followed logic more than fairy tale. andy murray's french opponent wasn't in the mood for favours or losing to a quy the mood for favours or losing to a guy who just the mood for favours or losing to a guy whojust had the mood for favours or losing to a guy who just had hip surgery. 6—42 gasket. second set showed more glimpses of murray magic, he off

some sensational shots. a more hard—fought some sensational shots. a more hard —fought set but some sensational shots. a more hard—fought set but same result. ultimately, it wasn't to be. gasket proving too strong, 6—4, 6—4. disappointment in defeat but a smile on his face, welcome back sir andy. bury‘s owner steve dale has told the bbc tonight that given recent events at the club he's happy to sell to the right buyer. the english football league's given bury until 9am tomorrow to show how they plan to pay off creditors or face having their next match suspended. earlier, staff at bury issued a statement imploring the owner to accept an offer that's been made to buy the club saying it's "the only lifeline for the future of the club." bury are yet to play a game this season after their league matches against mk dons and accrington, as well as tuesday's carabao cup game against sheffield wednesday was suspended because of the ongoing crisis.