Charities fear children will be recruited into ‘county lines’ drugs gangs as schools stay shut 

The acrid smell of cannabis wafts across the green as a group of young teenagers brazenly pass around a joint.  Nearby, underage drinkers swig from bottles of vodka and inhale balloons full of so-called ‘hippy crack’ laughing gas. This was the scene at 8pm on Thursday in a London park, and is similar to those being … Read more