People carrying knives are more likely to end up as victims. Weapons escalate arguments and confrontations - sending them out of control.

Videos of violence, rapidly shared on social media, can strike fear into teens watching. But for some, far from putting them off carrying a weapon, it has the opposite effect, even when knife crime is falling.

Police and schools across the country are grappling with this viscious cycle.

So how can you stop teens carrying knives?

North of England Reporter Jonathan Brown and Senior Producer Eleanor Gregory tell Lucy Watson what you need to know.

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Jonathan and Eleanor's teen violence investigations:

On the front line with police tackling teen violence - https://youtu.be/b6tXl5_uUEU?si=cD-coyIdRpc6SRmT

Inside a school lockdown as teachers drill for knife attack https://youtu.be/mWdsNPsbnZk?si=aZDVHCMQ-O-O_HkC

The former president of Honduras - Juan Orlando Hernandez - was in a US prison, charged with smuggling 400 tonnes of cocaine into the United States.


But, just ahead of a very tense presidential election in Honduras, President Trump announced he was going to pardon Mr Hernandez.

Meanwhile, the US has sezied an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, as it continues to pile pressure on its president Nicolas Maduro.

The US government accuses Mr Maduro of trafficking drugs into the US - something which Mr Maduro denies.

So what is his seemingly conflicting strategy for Latin America?

Will Tullis tells Geraint Vincent what you need to know.

Have you seen Netflix's Adolescence?

It's a chilling, thrilling new four-part drama about a young boy accused of a horrific crime. It's had rave reviews and started tough conversations. But can it lead to actual change?

Stephen Graham, one of its stars and co-writers, certainly hopes so and our Arts Editor Nina Nannar has met him.

She tells Mary Nightingale what you need to know.

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Nina Nannar's full interview with Stephen Graham and Adolescence director Philip Barantini on ITV News's Unscripted Podcast - https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-16/stephen-graham-and-adolescence-a-pandemic-of-knife-crime-in-our-country

Nicholas Prosper has been jailed for a minimum of 49 years for murdering his mum Juliana Falcon, sister Giselle Prosper and brother Kyle Prosper.

But the day could have been unimaginably more deadly.

The Luton teenager had planned to carry out the largest school shooting in UK history.

So what inspired him, what stopped him and what must be done to prevent such horror again?

ITV Anglia's Rosie Dowsing tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Almost a fortnight after ITV News first reported it, the government has now laid out the biggest shake up of the benefits system in a decade.

It wants to get more people, with and without disabilities, in work. It says the changes will save £5n in the next five years

But who will be affected and how badly?

ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana tells Lucy Watson what you need to know...

Across the country, men are being hospitalised and dying after using drugs to enhance sex.

Despite this, it's being called a silent crisis - it's not being talked about and the NHS hasn't gathered much data on it.

It's called chemsex - but why is so little known about it?

Sam Leader and social psychologist Marc Svensson tell I'm Lucy Watson and this is what you need to know.

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Sam's full report: https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-11/a-silent-crisis-chemsex-drugs-claiming-lgbt-lives-yet-few-are-listening

Marc's organisation You Are Loved: https://www.youare-loved.com/

When did you last change your hot water bottle? Have you ever done it?

They don't last forever but its unclear HOW long you can safely use it.

And with soaring heating bills leading to huge sales, ITV News has learned the confusion is leading to serious injuries.

Consumer editor Chris Choi and producer Sylvia Kuczynska tell Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Non-stop nausea, vomiting and weight loss - why wasn’t Jess Cronshaw’s extreme pregnancy sickness picked up before it was too late?

It led to Jess taking her own life and now her mum’s demanding action.

And 13 years after Princess Kate brought the sickness to worldwide attention - why are the signs still being missed?

Cari Davies tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

For more information and support:

https://pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

 

It was the death Jessica Lantz wanted - falling asleep at home, next to her soulmate in front of their all-time favourite movie. It was also completely legal. 

Now the laws that allowed Jessica to die in America are guiding those who are looking to make assisted dying part of life in England and Wales. But are the safeguards really that safe?

Paul Brand and Nathan Lee met Jessica days before her death. They tell Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know…

A whistleblower tells us he feels "guilty" about the huge bonuses he got by making car buyers pay thousands more in interest. But an industry boss questions whether there even is a scandal.

So what has been happening with car financing? And who could get compensation? ITV News Consumer Editor Chris Choi tells Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know...

Eating out of a bin, being shouted at and having to wake sleeping staff.

A mother knew her son’s care home wasn’t right and her secret filming confirmed her fears.

ITV News has learned he was far from alone. Daniel Hewitt and Isabel Alderson-Blench tell Lucy Watson what you need to know...

Imagine being unable to eat anything but a few specific foods and worse still, not being believed.

The NHS has recognised the eating disorder ARFID for more than a decade - yet treatment is still very hard to get, despite fatal warnings.

So what is Arfid and why are sufferers struggling to get help?

ITV Central's Social Affairs Correspondent Lucy Kapasi tells Lucy Watson what you need to know...

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For more information about Arfid visit Beat's website: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ 
and Arfid Awareness UK's website: https://www.arfidawarenessuk.org/

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You can see more of Lucy's reporting on ARFID here: https://www.itv.com/news/search?q=arfid

It is the biggest miscarriage of justice in British History. But almost two years after the ITV drama made it a burning issue, are we any closer to justice over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal?

Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly accused of stealing and jailed. Thousands more lives were ruined.

So what punishment could those responsible face? Senior Investigations Producer Isabel Alderson-Blench and Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt tell Daniel Hewitt what you need to know.

They’ve endured the Covid shutdown, strike action and most recently devastating fires - all while making the hit movies of our times.

Now the creative talents behind Wicked and The Brutalist are being honoured at the Oscars - the industrys biggest night - just weeks after fleeing their own homes.

But with other looming threats to the film industry, is this really any time for celebration?
 
From Los Angeles, our Arts Editor Nina Nannar tells Mary Nightingale what you need to know…

For Sue White, it was a tragic race across the world to be with with her daughter for her final days.

Twenty-eight-year-old Simone was poisoned with methanol in a Laos backpacker bar last November.

Now Sue wants action to prevent further people being killed.

Chloe Keedy tells Yasmin Bodalbhai what you need to know...

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You can watch Chloe's full report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXl-rkJsucA

The latest quick briefing focuses on data showing black ex knife crime offender's in London are more than twice as likely to be tagged with an ankle monitor upon release.

It's critics have described it as 'damaging, divisive and disproportionate.'

They've been used as a solution to Britain's prison overcrowding, but have those in power failed to ensure justice remains truly blind?

ITV News Reporter Kaf Okpattah tells Cari Davies what you need to know... 

The latest quick briefing focuses on the historic scandal of forced adoption in Britain. 

It’s been described as one of Britain’s darkest social injustices.

It's estimated over 200,000 babies were taken from their mothers in homes run by both Church and State.

The mother’s endured cruelty and abuse, their children - generational trauma and questions to which many will never find answers. 

ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker tells Cari Davies what you need to know... 

The latest quick briefing focuses on the growing support amoung young German voters for the far-right AfD party.

For decades in Germany the politics of the far-right has been associated with a terrible chapter in the country's history.

But now a new generation of young voters say they're considering voting for the far-right party Alternative for Deutschland.

So why is the AfD so popular with young Germans?

ITV News Reporter George Hancorn and Producer Sophia Ankel tell Geraint Vincent what you need to know... 

The latest quick briefing focuses on the environmental impact of AI as world leaders discuss the issue in Paris.

It's been described as the biggest change since the indsutrial revolution - A.I. is shaping the way we live our lvies.

But as demand increases so does the strain on resources.

We're told its the future but what's the real cost of keeping our screens on?

ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew and Science Correspondent Rhainnon Hopley tell Cari Davies what you need to know... 

The latest extended briefing focuses on ITV News' investigation into how the far right are recruiting and spreading their ideology in Britain.

Masquerading as a fitness club lies something much darker. 

Nazi salutes, swastika cakes and shocking racist ideology.

The group hides in plain sight, but what did ITV uncover when they infiltrated their ranks?

ITV News Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo and former Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Neil Basu tell Lucrezia Millerini what you need to know...

The latest quick briefing focuses on ITV News' investigation into allegations of bullying and sexually inappropriate behaviour by celebrity chef Gino D'acampo.

ITV News has spoken to dozens of people who claim to have witnessed the TV star's actions, all of which Mr D'acampo denies.

Unacceptable, horrendous and distressing - just some of the words used to describe D'acampo's alleged actions.

What's been claimed? And what goes into an investigation like this?

ITV News' Correspondent Sejal Karia and Senior Producer Liz Little tell Lucy Watson what you need to know...

It's nearly three years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. 
Three years that have seen countless deaths, untold destruction and billions spent in aid. 
As our International Editor retraces journeys she's made many times before, how has life changed for the people of Ukraine? And how does the world respond to a war that continues to consume everything it touches?
ITV News' International Editor Emma Murphy tells Mary Nightingale what you need to know...

It's the UKs biggest ever equal pay claim in the private sector.
Over 60,000 workers, mostly women, took ASDA to court over claims they were being paid less than their male colleagues.
Now judges have agreed with most of them. 
What's the state of equal pay in the UK? And whats next for these ASDA employees?
In this episode ITV News' Depuity Political Editor Anushka Asthana tells Sally Biddulph what you need to know.

Homes swept away, communities left isolated and more than a thousand deaths confirmed.

A battering of cyclones on parts of Asia in the past week has brought mass flooding and displaced millions.

In Sri Lanka the extreme weather has caused devastating mudslides, creating a humanitarian emergency.

But in a country that is no stranger to flooding, why has THIS storm been SO catastrophic?

ITV News Asia Correspondent Debi Edward has been visiting villages around Kandy in central Sri Lanka, where many lives have been lost. She tells Daniel Hewitt what you need to know.

Britain is in a bed poverty crisis, with children and babies sleeping on coats or towels on the floor.
One charity estimates just under one million children are living this way, forced to sleep in broken or damaged beds, or share them with others.
But despite campaigners calling it an outrage that so many are living in such extreme poverty what's being done to help those in need.
In this episode ITV News' North of England reporter Amy Welch tells Geraint Vincent what you need to know. 

Never again. Two words repeated each year when the world remembers the Holocaust.
But 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz a new survey shows most people think history could repeat itself.
With the number of witnesses dwindling, what happens when living history becomes just history?
In this episode, ITV News' John Ray and Richard Pollins talk to Cari Davies as they tell you, what you need to know. 

The fifth major storm this season, amber weather warnings and winds of up to 90mph.
An approaching storm from America - and this time nothing to do with politics.
So how bad could Storm Éowyn be? Why does weather like this seem increasingly common? And where's likely to see the worst of it?
In this episode ITV News' weather presenter Alex beresford tells Faye Barker what you need to know.

Our latest quick briefing previews the blockbuster trial between Prince Harry and Rupert Murdoch's News Group newspapers and answers all the key questions.

Why didn't Harry follow others in settling out of court? Who else is claiming against the Murdoch empire? And what could it cost the prince if his risk to go to trial doesn't pay off?

Our in-house expert, ITV News' senior producer Louisa Felton, tells Sally Biddulph what you need to know...

The Met Office says carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing at rates so fast there is almost no chance of keeping global warming on target.

So, how concerning is this?

ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew tells Charlene White what you need to know...

Almost a fifth of Brits are turning to sobriety full time, with the biggest growth being in under 25-year-olds. But the UK is still facing record high alcohol related deaths, after a spike in harmful drinking during the pandemic. So, is sobriety really on the rise? And how are former drinkers changing their habits? Journalist and recovering alcoholic Toby Winson tells Paul Brand what you need to know…

Scotland is now four years into what its former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, called a 'drug death public health emergency'. Now, the city of Glasgow is trying a radical new solution by opening a drug consumption room. So can this reduce Scotland's high rate of drug-related deaths? ITV News Correspondent Peter Smith tells Charlene White what you need to know…

2025 is set to be a year of change for holidaymakers and business travellers. A big shake-up is  underway affecting millions of trips as international regulations change. There will be new requirements for passengers to have a new generation of digital permits involving fees and application processes. Consumer Editor Chris Choi and Producer Daniel Boal tell Faye Barker what you need to know…

Extra pressure, critical incidents, high demand. All things we are used to hearing when winter hits the NHS. The government plans to cut waiting times for non-urgent treatment but some say it's avoiding the current crisis in emergency care. Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry tells Mary Nightingale what you need to know…

Labour promised to clamp down on MPs earning from second jobs while serving in Parliament. But ITV News analysis has found dozens are continuing to work as councillors months after being elected - and many are still getting paid for it. So why won't the government put a stop to it? Political Correspondent Harry Horton tells Aisha Zahid what you need to know…

For over two years, video journalist Mohammed Abu Safia has risked his life filming the war in Gaza for ITV News.

Separated from his family, his footage stunned the world as he captured what was happening to his homeland.

So how has he lived through the destruction and the loss? And what is life like now under the most fragile of ceasefires?

John Irvine is ITV News' Senior International Correspondent in Tel Aviv and has worked with Mohammed since the start of the war with their reports winning international awards.

Together they tell Lucy Watson what you need to know.

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You can view a selection of John Irvine's reports and Mohammed Abu Safia's footage here:

https://www.itv.com/news/2025-08-20/israeli-military-approves-new-gaza-operation-and-moves-to-double-its-reservists

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-01-23/moment-civilian-brandishing-white-flag-in-gaza-safe-zone-is-shot-dead

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-09/gaza-white-flag-shooting-itv-news-analyses-how-the-incident-unfolded

As the new year celebrations rang out, America was left shaken with two of its most celebrated cities witnessing acts of carnage.

Many people in the US feared the opening weeks of 2025 could be turbulent, but few were prepared for images like these.

So how has the country responded, and a fortnight away from taking power, what does Donald Trump's response tell us about his second terms as President?

What You Need To Know will be back in January but throughout this festive season, we're bringing you some of the most listened to episodes from the year, which still remain vital today... 

So here is the quick briefing from July on the growing concerns over concussions in sport with ITV News Science Correspondent, Martin Stew. 

What You Need To Know will be back in January but throughout this festive season, we're bringing you some of the most listened to episodes from the year, which still remain vital today... 

So here is a quick briefing from March on Britain's pest problem with ITV News Reporter, Geraint Vincent.

What You Need To Know will be back in January but throughout this festive season, we're bringing you some of the most listened to episodes from the year, which still remain vital today... 

So here is the quick briefing from May on the rise of digital nomads with ITV News Reporter Chloe Keedy...

Could Manchester City really be relegated? Will a Brit be crowned leader of one of the world’s biggest sporting bodies?

Can England defend their Euros title? And who’s the sprinter on track to become the fastest runner on Earth?

If you thought 2025 was set to be a quiet sporting year, think again.

Sports Editor Steve Scott talks to Geraint Vincent, and tells you what you need to know...

The firms responsible for Britain’s water supply continue to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Homes are left without water and leaks left unfixed across the system, all while record levels of sewage is pumped every day into our rivers.

And the other bad news? You’ll soon be paying more for the pleasure.

So how is yet another water bill rise being justified?

Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills tells Charlie Frost what you need to know…


You can follow this link for a guide to the latest price rises in England and Wales by region: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-12-19/how-much-will-your-water-company-raise-its-bills

And if you're struggling to pay your water bills, this article offers a wealth of advice: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-02-02/what-should-you-do-if-youre-struggling-to-pay-your-water-bill

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? 

Just like the ones we used to know.

Will our tree tops really glisten?

Well give this quick briefing a listen

To hear why - on December 25th - there may well be some snow…

After the ropey rhyming, weather presenter Alex Beresford brings some seasonal cheer - and a few laughs - as he tells Charlie Frost what you need to know…

For the past four months, a trial in France has caught global attention, as a court has heard how Dominique Pelicot tranquilized his wife of 50 years so dozens of men he found online could rape her.

Those 50 men, including Dominique Pelicot, stood trial for rape and sexual assault, while their survivor Gisele Pelicot, waived her anonymity to testify.

The case has started a new conversation in France about victims of abuse and the treatment of women as a whole, but will it bring the changes campaigners are calling for?

Lucrezia Millarini is joined by ITV News Correspondents - Chloe Keedy and Rachel Townsend from France, where they've been covering different aspects of this case.

It's been a week since the Assad regime's fall, and the desperate search for those subjected to its horrors continues.

Families searching for answers are slowly starting to discover the grim realities of where missing loved ones may be. 

What has the fall of Assad unearthed, and what does it mean for the future?

From Syria, John Ray speaks to Charlene White and this is what you need to know...

Humam Husari opened the world’s eyes to the horrors in Syria’s civil war.

After filming the death and desperation caused by Bashar al Assad’s forces, he too was forced to flee for the safety of the UK.

So what does Assad’s surprise ousting mean for Humam and other Syrians? And what does it mean for the world?

In this special episode, he tells Faye Barker what you need to know…

"The only time that I need help, I have been completely failed" says Geraldine, who is set to be evicted from her home with her 12 year old daughter. She cannot afford anywhere else.

The government was elected promising to make housing more affordable and is now vowing to 'build baby build'.

Investigations Editor tells Daniel Hewitt tells Lucy Watson what progress the government is making on its pledge to build 1.5m new homes by the end of this parliament, as well as what hope new renters' rights will bring.

An investigation by ITV News has found that nearly 200 babies have laid buried in unmarked graves across England for decades.

The burials were often carried out in secret and without the knowledge of families.

So how has the truth stayed hidden for so long? And why won’t the government say sorry?

After leading the investigation, Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker tells Geraint Vincent what you need to know...


If you have been affected by anything you have heard, Safe Spaces is an independent service which offers confidential support to survivors of Church-related abuse. You can contact them on 0300 303 1056 or on their website here: https://safespacesenglandandwales.org.uk/

And if you have any information relevant to this story, Sarah and the team can be reached via email at investigations@itv.com

It’s the beginning of a new age for Syria after the fall of President Bashar al Assad.

In the end his family’s brutal 53 year regime collapsed in a matter of days, triggering celebrations across Syria and questions around the world.

The main one being: what comes next?

Mazen Gharibah, an academic from Homs and the chief executive of the Syrian British Consortium, provides the answers and more, as he tells Nina Hossain what you need to know...

Across the country, everyday, young lives are hanging in the balance.

Referrals for children to social services is on the rise and for many social workers, the phone doesn’t stop ringing and the pressure keeps on building.

And it seems poverty is a major driving force behind this.

So, when did things get so dire? And what can be done to keep social workers in their jobs?

ITV News Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt and Producer Isabel Alderson-Blench tell Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know...