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What You Need To Know

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Frequency: 1 episode/3d. Total Eps: 706

The quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories. Our team of specialist correspondents plus guests bring you information and analysis you can trust so you get What You Need To Know in minutes.

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Can new deal with China help tackle Britain's small boats crisis?

Thursday, January 29, 2026 • Duration 13:55

Could China be key in tackling the small boats crisis? Keir Starmer has been meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing and is hoping a new security pact will be a game-changer, with more than half of small boat engines made in China.

The Prime Minister is also pledging to put more money in British pockets through a better relationship with China. So will it work and what are the risks?

Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen tells Paul Brand what you need to know.

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How do you stop teens carrying knives?

Monday, January 26, 2026 • Duration 18:17

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

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Venezuela tanker seizure and Honduras election 'interference': What's Trump's Latin America plan?

Thursday, December 11, 2025 • Duration 16:33

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.

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What will Stephen Graham's drama Adolescence change?

Monday, March 24, 2025 • Duration 09:40

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

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The triple killer who came close to a mass school shooting

Friday, March 21, 2025 • Duration 19:21

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.

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The benefits changes explained

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 • Duration 15:37

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...

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Chemsex: A 'silent crisis' claiming LGBT+ lives

Monday, March 17, 2025 • Duration 15:45

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/

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Why you need to check your hot water bottle NOW!

Friday, March 14, 2025 • Duration 14:17

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.

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Mum's warning after extreme pregnancy sickness suicide

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 • Duration 13:38

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/

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Is Oregon the blueprint for assisted dying in the UK?

Monday, March 10, 2025 • Duration 13:58

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…

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