内容摘要：After getting out of the Thames Estuary after a 12-minute swim with seven other local women, Marcelle Baum described the experience in the water at 14C as "fantastic".

After getting out of the Thames Estuary after a 12-minute swim with seven other local women, Marcelle Baum described the experience in the water at 14C as "fantastic".

The proliferation of Captagon pushed the Middle East into a genuine narco-war.While filming with the Jordanian army on their desert border with Syria, we saw how the soldiers had reinforced their fences and learned about their comrades who had been

. They accused the Syrian soldiers across the border of aiding the smugglers.Other countries in the region have been just as disturbed by the trade.For a while, Saudi Arabia suspended imports of fruit and vegetables from Lebanon because authorities were frequently finding shipping containers full of produce like pomegranates which had been hollowed out and filled with bags of Captagon pills.

We filmed in five countries, including in regime-held and rebel-held Syria, consulted well-placed sources, and gained access to confidential records from court cases in Germany and Lebanon.We were able to name two major parties as having their hands in the trade - Assad's extended family and the Syrian armed forces, in particular its Fourth Division, led by Assad's brother, Maher.

Maher al-Assad was perhaps the most powerful man in Syria aside from his brother.

He was sanctioned by many Western powers for the violence he wrought against protesters during the pro-democracy uprising in 2011 that precipitated the bloody civil war. The French judiciary has also issued an international arrest warrant for him and his brother for their alleged responsibility in chemical weapons attacks in Syria in 2013.The school said it would ensure a full investigation was carried out in cooperation with the police and Newport council, which confirmed it was aware of an assault which took place near the school.

The council added the alleged victim returned to school on Thursday, and said it was in close contact with the school.Gwent Police also confirmed officers were aware of a separate allegation of assault involving a different child from earlier in the day and that investigation was also ongoing.

It added: "We understand the worry and concern that incidents of this nature can cause, and would like to thank the community for the information they've given us up to now."Two swans found dead by a canal towpath were not killed with an air rifle as was originally believed, police said.