so he could inherit herfortune.
68—year—old david harris
offered £200,000
to kill hazel allinson,
his partner of 27 years.
harris planned to start a new life
with his girlfriend,
but was caught when what he thought
was one of the prospective
hitmen, turned out to be
an undercover police officer.
the home secretary amber rudd has
launched a new strategy
to tackle illicit drug use.
it's after what the home office
called a "dramatic" increase
in the number of deaths from drugs
in england and wales
in the past five years.
the strategy focuses
on helping addicts to recover,
and makes clear there'll be no legal
changes to decriminalise
the use of drugs.
here's our home affairs
correspondent danny shaw.
enforcing the law on drugs,
police raids against dealers have
been the traditional way of clamping
down on the drugs trade.
it is estimated to cost the uk
£10.7 billion a year,
and the new government drugs
strategy says that approach
will continue, along with renewed
efforts to get people off...