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This is episode three of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing from The Times and The Sunday Times first published in March.

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.

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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
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This is episode two of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing from The Times and The Sunday Times first published in March.

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.

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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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This is episode one of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing from The Times and The Sunday Times first published in March.

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.

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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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Karen Carter was murdered outside her home in the tranquil Dordogne village of Trémolat. The police launched a manhunt, and slowly a story of obsession, romance, and unrequited love started to come to light. So, why would someone murder a well-liked member of the community? And what’s the latest development in the police investigation?

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Guest: Jane Flanagan, Africa correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Sophie McNulty.
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Read more: Murder in the Dordogne: obsession, affairs, unrequited love
Further listening: Has an AI sleuth unmasked the Zodiac Killer?
Clips: France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, RTL.
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While recovering from a heart attack, Times sports journalist Owen Slot distracted himself by watching a summer of thrilling sport. He was still hooked up to a heart rate monitor, so he decided to run an experiment: how would his heart react to the drama?

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Read by: Owen Slot, chief sports writer, The Times.
Producer: Jennifer Kennedy.
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Read more: Sport moves you like nothing else — as I found out after my heart attack
Clips: talkSPORT.
Photo: Getty Images.
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