EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror joined officers on a major county lines operation where more than 40 uniformed or undercover police officers, drug dogs and safeguarding experts descended on a train station in east London00:01, 10 Jul 2026Police crackdown on COUNTY LINES GANGS that exploit vulnerable kids to transport drugsRuthless county lines gangs that exploit vulnerable kids to do their “dirty work” trafficking drugs or carrying weapons faced record criminal action in the last year.Almost 3,000 drug dealing lines have been shut…

Vapes are to be treated the same as cigarettes after a major crackdown announced by the government today. Health Secretary James Murray tells the Mirror "we want them safely behind the counter and out of sight"00:03, 10 Jul 2026View 2 ImagesBrightly coloured vape displays in newsagents would be a thing of the past(Image: UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Vapes could be put into plain packaging and sold under the counter in a major crackdown announced by the government today.Health Secretary James Murray has told…

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Dix said her son Joe had a normal upbringing with a traditional family background but got trapped in a county lines gang after being approached in a park after school00:03, 10 Jul 2026View 3 ImagesEmma and her husband Phil have since set up an anti-knife crime charity in Joe’s name(Image: Emma Dix)A mum whose teenage son was stabbed to death has said child exploitation “destroys” families.Emma Dix’s 18-year-old son Joe was “savagely” stabbed seven times in 2022 in Norwich after he was lured into a gang just…

A British widow was forced to bury her husband in an unmarked Cape Verde grave after he died just days into their holiday00:01, 10 Jul 2026View 5 ImagesJacqueline Timson has spoken out about the devastating loss of her husband ColinA heartbroken British widow has revealed how she had to bury her husband in an unmarked grave in Cape Verde after he became one of a growing number of tourists to die after falling ill in the holiday hotspot.Jacqueline Timson, 69, has spoken out for the first time about the devastating loss of her…