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The Times

The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning.

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The Story

Children aren't just running drugs for county lines gangs - sometimes they're running the lines themselves.

Today The Sunday Times's northern editor David Collins talks to the police officers who worry laws designed to protect victims of exploitation might actually encourage gang leaders to promote teenagers into higher positions in their criminal organisation.

This is episode three of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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Read more: Drug gangs swamped York. This is how police stopped them | 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 and Taryn Siegel

Executive producers: Tim Walklate and Dan Box

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Photo: Getty Images.

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INVESTIGATION: On the line - the loophole

Today we go inside Operation Titan, as North Yorkshire Police fight back against county lines drugs gangs. But with each line the police shut down, another pops up in its place, sometimes within days. The Sunday Times' northern editor David Collins investigates how to break the cycle. 

This is episode two of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Read more: Drug dealers use anti-slavery law to escape prosecution | 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 and Taryn Siegel

Executive producers: Tim Walklate and Dan Box

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Photo: Getty Images.

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INVESTIGATION: On the line - the never-ending battle

Part one of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunday Times.

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. 

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

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

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Photo: Getty Images.

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INVESTIGATION: On the line - a family business

After years in hiding, The Sunday Times has obtained images of Christy and Daniel Kinahan, leaders of the all-powerful Kinahan cartel, living freely in Dubai. They are some of the most wanted criminals in the world. So why aren’t they in custody?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Guest: John Mooney, Investigative reporter, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: The world is looking for the Kinahan drug lords. We found them

Further listening: Gourmet gangster: Could Kinahan be caught by his Google reviews?

Clips: 971 FC, Irish Gangland, FM Boxing, Storyful.

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The world is looking for the Kinahan drug lords. We found them

What began as an evening out at a nightclub in Kent has rapidly spiralled into a "super-spreader" event that has left doctors stunned and two young people dead. This surge in Meningitis B cases has triggered a public health alert, leaving the UK scrambling as private vaccine supplies run dry. So how can the authorities contain this unprecedented outbreak?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Guests: 

 • Eleanor Hayward, Health Editor, The Times. 
 • Professor Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, the University of East Anglia.
 • Niamh Curran, reporter, The Times Enterprise Network.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producers: Julia Webster, Callum Martin, Olivia Case. 

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: 

Meningitis B outbreak: six cases after Kent superspreader event.

Meningitis started with a headache. Then the blinding pain began.

What causes meningitis? Symptoms and how the infection spreads.

Further listening: Inside the world of "Looksmaxxing"

Clips: Sky

Photo: Denise Kelly, Getty Images.

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Kent's meningitis outbreak - how it exploded, can it be stopped?

On Monday, Israel announced it's preparing a ground offensive into Lebanon. Fighting between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group, has ratcheted up since the death of Iran’s supreme leader more than two weeks ago. Over 900 people have been killed in Lebanon and nearly one million are displaced. Will Israel’s new campaign bring a quicker end to the fighting? Or prolong a war which is already spiralling out of control?

This episode contains graphic descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Guests: 

 • Lousie Callaghan, foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times. 
 • Tom Ball, reporter, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Julia Webster.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: IDF prepares for Lebanon offensive: ‘We don’t know how this ends’

Further listening: The Gulf's moment of truth - reshaping the Middle East

Clips: IDF via @NationalDefence Youtube. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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Inside Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah wage war

The war in the Middle East has now entered its third week and shows no sign of ending any time soon. Oil prices have soared and transatlantic relations between the US and its allies are strained. So what are President Trump's options now? And will the Europeans support him in policing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Guest: George Grylls, Washington Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Olivia Case and Harry Stott.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Read more: Starmer resists Trump’s call to send warships to Strait of Hormuz

Further listening: Is Cuba next?

Clips: Fox, The White House, STV, The Times, Euronews, Keir Starmer / YouTube, WSJ, C-SPAN, DRM News International / YouTube. 

Photo: Getty Images, The Times' Senior Digtal Designer Shaun Parkinson.

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Is Trump out on his own over the Hormuz crisis?

Throughout Cuba, fuel shortages, blackouts, and food scarcity have become the norm. Since the US intervention in Venezuela in January, the oil lifeline into Cuba has all but dried up. Trump is now claiming that Cuba is on the brink of collapse. As the war in Iran rages on unabated – is this American neighbour his next target?

This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory

Guest: 

 • Matthew Campbell, foreign features editor, The Sunday Times
 • Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times

Host: Rosie Wright.

Producers: Sophie McNulty & Micaela Arneson.

We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com

Further reading: Cubans await Trump’s next move: ‘Would the Americans bomb us?’﻿

Further listening: Drugs, oil and power: what Trump is doing with Venezuela

Clips: AP, DRM News, News Nation, Onyx Media, Archivo DiFilm, APT.

Photo: Getty Images.

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Is Cuba next?

From the shadowy corners of incel forums, a new obsession was quietly emerging. To succeed, financially, socially and sexually, you need to level up your face and frame. Enter “Looksmaxxing”, the idea that how you look can be engineered to perfection to maximise your full aesthetic potential. It's a TikTok-fuelled culture of mogging, "bone-smashing", and glow-ups - and a way for young men to measure beauty, status, and self-worth. How far will some go to “max” their looks? Is it vanity, or a survival strategy in a hyper-visual world? And what does it reveal about the state of men’s mental health today?

Our listener survey is live - find it here.

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Host: Rosie Wright

Guest: Jack Burke, times contributor.

Producer: Dave Creasey

Read more: Looksmaxxing: the worrying new extreme teenage trend

Image: Getty Images

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Inside the world of "Looksmaxxing" - The Sunday Story

In 1938, Catherine Duleep Singh, goddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of the last Maharajah of Punjab, personally secured the escape of Jewish families to Britain, saving them from the Holocaust. Her story didn’t end there, she became a prominent suffragette, fighting for women’s rights while navigating life in exile. We explore her remarkable courage, activism, and the lives she forever changed.

Our listener survey is live - find it here.

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Read by: Jack Blackburn, history correspondent for The Times.

Producer: Dave Creasey

Read more: Last princess of Punjab who saved families from the Holocaust

Image: Getty Images

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INVESTIGATION: On the line - a family business

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