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ITV News
Friday 28 August 2026 · 22:00 BST · 15m · 5 stories · 10 annotated moments · 14 of 15 min on news stories (96%)
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An update on the Nepal disaster dominated the broadcast: more than 500 people were confirmed dead and the number missing doubled to more than 2,500. Rescue teams used drones, helicopters and ground crews to reach survivors in remote Himalayan areas, while a new lake formed by debris threatened to burst and cause a second flood. Dozens of British nationals were still missing; the Foreign Office sent extra staff to Nepal, tourism companies had not heard from 33 British clients, and relatives described waiting for news of loved ones.
Other UK stories included continuing tension in Middlesbrough after unrest linked to last weekend's fatal A66 crash, with cars set alight during a balloon release, over 200 extra officers drafted in, and seven more arrests; detectives said they were not linking the deaths of a seven-year-old girl and her aunt in a house fire to the crash. Four men pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack in March, and the Prime Minister told MPs he would abstain from the upcoming vote on legalising assisted dying.
In Norway, King Harald died at 89, prompting tributes from King Charles and public mourning; his son became King Haakon VIII, with reports noting Harald's modernising reign and recent scandals around the royal family. The programme also featured a partial lunar eclipse visible in the early hours.
- 0:00 Story begins Nepal and Tibet earthquake death toll rises to 750
- 1:12
- 1:19
- 1:19
Claim King Harald V of Norway dies, King Haakon VIII succeeds
King Harald of Norway died at age 89 after being hospitalized; he had reigned for 35 years.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 1:19-1:44
- 1:19
Claim King Harald V of Norway dies, King Haakon VIII succeeds
King Harald of Norway died at age 89 after being hospitalized; he had reigned for 35 years.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 1:19-1:44
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Claim Police rule out A66 crash link to fatal house fire as arrests reach 24
Vehicles were set on fire and flares were let off at a vigil for a victim of the A66 crash.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 9:19-9:29
- 9:19
Claim Police rule out A66 crash link to fatal house fire as arrests reach 24
Seven further arrests were made, bringing the total to 24.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 9:19-9:29
- 9:29
Claim Police rule out A66 crash link to fatal house fire as arrests reach 24
Police said a house fire in Grangetown, about one mile from the A66 crash site, that killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt was not linked to the crash.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 9:29-9:38
- 11:23
- 11:50
- 11:50
Claim Burnham signals welfare cuts and seeks Trump common ground
The Prime Minister intends to abstain from the vote on legalising assisted dying.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 11:50-11:58
- 11:50
Claim Burnham signals welfare cuts and seeks Trump common ground
Andy Burnham stated he will not participate in the assisted dying vote, citing the need to improve palliative care first.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 11:50-11:58
- 11:58
Contested quote Burnham signals welfare cuts and seeks Trump common ground
The Prime Minister has told MPs he intends to abstain from the upcoming vote on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. Andy Burnham said he doesn't want to unduly influence the debate, which he said will be a genuinely free vote. The bill ran out of time in Parliament's last session and is due back in the Commons in two weeks.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 11:58-12:05
- 11:58
Claim Burnham signals welfare cuts and seeks Trump common ground
Andy Burnham stated he does not want to unduly influence the debate, noting it is a free vote.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 11:58-12:05
- 12:05
Claim Burnham signals welfare cuts and seeks Trump common ground
The assisted dying bill ran out of time in the previous session and will return to the Commons in two weeks.
ITV, ITV News, 28 August 2026, 12:05-12:11
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