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. -- Sam's full report: https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-11/a-silent-crisis-chemsex-drugs-claiming-lgbt-lives-yet-few-are-li...
Mar 17, 2025•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Mar 14, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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-s...
Mar 12, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…...
Mar 10, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 07, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 05, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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... --- For more information about Arfid visit Beat's website: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ an...
Mar 03, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…...
Feb 28, 2025•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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... -- You can watch Chloe's full report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXl-rkJsucA...
Feb 26, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Feb 24, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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......
Feb 20, 2025•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 n...
Feb 17, 2025•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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......
Feb 14, 2025•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Feb 12, 2025•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 a...
Feb 10, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Feb 05, 2025•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Feb 03, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Jan 31, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Jan 24, 2025•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Jan 22, 2025•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 20, 2025•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 17, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…
Jan 15, 2025•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…
Jan 13, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…
Jan 10, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…
Jan 08, 2025•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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…
Jan 06, 2025•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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?
Jan 03, 2025•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
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