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ITV Lunchtime News
Friday 28 August 2026 · 13:30 BST · 25m · 5 stories · 12 annotated moments · 17 of 25 min on news stories (69%)
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The Nepal flash flood disaster continues, with the death toll surpassing 500 and over 1,500 missing, including at least 33 British people. A new lake formed upstream has raised fears of another flood, while rescue teams work to pull survivors from thick mud.
King Harald V of Norway has died at 89, succeeded by his son Haakon VIII. In Middlesbrough, cars were torched at a vigil for a victim of the A66 crash, prompting extra police deployment after a series of violent incidents left nine dead. A large fire at an industrial estate in Neasden led to smoke warnings and tube disruption.
Over 22,000 tons of illegal waste were removed from a site in Oxfordshire, and record amounts of ketamine were seized by Border Force. A new study highlighted undiagnosed PTSD after childbirth, while the DRC began Ebola vaccinations. A diamond necklace worth $3.7 million was stolen in Vienna, and fans reacted to a preview of the new Grand Theft Auto game.
- 0:00 Story begins Nepal and Tibet earthquake death toll rises to 750
- 1:31
Charged quote Nepal and Tibet earthquake death toll rises to 750
My whole village was taken by the flood. All the roads were swept away by the flood. All the bridges. The unstoppable force of the flood waters obliterated anything unfortunate enough to be in its thunderous path. It is little surprise that 1,500 people are missing. The challenge is not just finding those alive,
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 1:31-1:38
- 4:57 Story begins Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
- 5:11
Claim Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
200 extra police officers are being sent to support Cleveland Police.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 5:11-5:17
- 5:35
Charged quote Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
Rachel Townsend is in Middlesbrough for us this lunchtime. Rachel, what's the feeling there? Well, we are stood very close to the crash site, and it was, of course, this crash that triggered a week of tragedy and terror. And I say terror because that is exactly how people here have described it to me this morning. Residents who were born and bred here,
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 5:35-5:40
- 5:54
Charged quote Seven die in head-on crash on A66 in Teesside
Residents who were born and bred here, spent their lives here, are now too scared to come out of their homes. They say they go to sleep, dreading to what news they may wake up to. And again, this morning they have woken up to shocking figures, pictures, which we can show you now, that appear to show cars being torched.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 5:54-5:57
- 8:37
- 8:43
Claim Border Force reports record ketamine seizures in first quarter
Border Force seized 1.3 tonnes of ketamine in the first three months of 2026, the highest total in 15 years.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 8:43-8:51
- 8:51
Claim Border Force reports record ketamine seizures in first quarter
Much of the drug was brought into the UK by lorries from the Hook of Holland to Harwich.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 8:51-8:56
- 10:26
Claim Border Force reports record ketamine seizures in first quarter
The government is still considering whether to reclassify ketamine as a class A drug.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 10:26-10:30
- 11:01
- 12:41
Claim Study finds undiagnosed PTSD in thousands of new mothers
Around 30,000 UK women develop PTSD after childbirth each year.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 12:41-12:47
- 13:06
Claim Study finds undiagnosed PTSD in thousands of new mothers
National guidelines for GPs lack detailed information on spotting PTSD symptoms.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 13:06-13:14
- 15:02
Claim Study finds undiagnosed PTSD in thousands of new mothers
Women are often misdiagnosed with postnatal depression instead of PTSD.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 15:02-15:05
- 17:08
- 17:19
Claim GTA VI Netflix collaboration preview draws fan reactions
A 26-minute GTA VI preview was a world-first collaboration with Netflix.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 17:19-17:25
- 19:16
Claim GTA VI Netflix collaboration preview draws fan reactions
The previous GTA installment sold 230 million copies and earned Rockstar around £7 billion.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 28 August 2026, 19:16-19:23
- 19:45 ~5 min without annotations
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