hough green in widnes is part of a growing police problem.d as one drug user ordered some heroin. hiya, mate. as he did so, we ordered a takeaway. the contest had barely begun before it was over. i've just scored now. it took a lot quicker than ordering food. it was at my front door from phoning in to receiving it in four minutes, tops. the pizza arrived after 45 minutes. a0 minutes longer than the heroin delivery. what has drugs done to you? i'm in terrible shape, because of drugs. severe leg ulcers. deep—vein thrombosis. mental issues, breathing issues. terrible circulation problems. you name it, george rigby has taken it. his main drug has been heroin, which he has used for 45 years. drug addiction has killed several friends in recent years. and now, aged 63, he knows it will kill him, too. it will catch up with me. quite soon, i would have thought. pretty soon? i am amazed i made it this far. totally amazed. for a time in the 1990s, george was doing well as he attended this clinic in widnes. cigarettes injected with diamorphine, medical h

michael lyons was a police officer in widnes at the time and recalls the success of the scheme. in widnesen the local users, because if you can reduce a drugs death, fantastic. because if you can reduce but also the fact that we were being impactive on people not having their houses burgled. impactive on people not the high death rates are blamed on an ageing group of users who have been taking heroin for decades, mixed, perhaps, with cement dust or rat poison. mixed, perhaps, with cement but there have also been large cuts to drug treatment services in recent years. cuts to drug treatment we are beginning to see a resurgence of violence associated with drug markets. a resurgence of violence which we had thought had largely gone away. so there are signs that the system is beginning to fray, just as we are concerned that the benefits around improved health for service users and reductions in drug—related deaths are also reducing. and reductions in drug—related as towns like widnes know well, policing alone will not stop illegal drugs. policing alone will not last month, 36 people were sent

widnes have now lost 17 games in a row as they battle to secure their superleague status.s. welcome to our look ahead to the papers. baroness pete well and john sta pleton, baroness pete well and john stapleton, welcome. —— baroness ba kewell. independent refers to a tory civil war. the express says that european union is about to offer the uk a new deal, access to the single market without the condition of three movements for eu citizens. banks are not offering new rates to savers. add and deck‘s tv show is being rested. the mirror says they were in tears. it isa the mirror says they were in tears. it is a red letter day to day. the first time you have been in the studio togetherfor a first time you have been in the studio together for a while. the last time was in the newsnight studio. yes, we used to be stalwarts at newsnight.

their super league survival hopes with a second successive win in the super eight qualifiers — over widnesfrom six. catala ns remain bottom of the super eights, wigan still second. in rugby union, the all blacks made it 13 wins in a row in the rugby championship this morning. they thrashed australia 38—13 in sydney. waisake naholo got a couple of second half tries for the world champions. mark johnston has equalled the all—time record number of british winners for a racehorse trainer. the horse dr richard kimble won at ripon to give johnston his 4,193rd victory, reaching the mark set by richard hannon senior. johnston trained his first winner way back in 1987 and his victories have earned 53 million pounds in prize money. britain's swimmers are having their own ‘super saturday‘ on the penultimate day of the european para swimming championships in dublin. they're just over halfway through this evening's session and there's already been eight british medals, including a clean sweep in the women's s14100m butterfly. paralympic champion ellie robinson has also been in action, claiming gold in

michael buchanan reporting there from widnes.ecstasy that get the headlines because these deaths are associated with younger people, especially in the females. yet most of the deaths occur in high—risk excluded populations and associated with heroin and crack cocaine. it's not just related overdoses although that is important. we are talking about a population who are usually ill in their 405 or 505 suffering from a range health conditions, so we need to make sure that any response to drug—related deaths doesn't just focus on the drug users but also the drug using population. britain's most senior police chief cressida dick said there is a challenge that a group of middle class people sitting around happily thinking about global warming, fair trade and environmental protection or organic food, yet they say there is no harm in taking some cocaine. she says there is, there is misery throughout there is, there is misery throughout the supply chain, her close to the truth is that? i think it's certainly true that contain consumption