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ITV News at Ten
Monday 27 July 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (91%)
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The broadcast began with wildfires in France and Spain. It reported that both countries had already had their worst summer for wildfires by area burned, with August still to come. In Spain, the biggest wildfire the country has ever known was burning west of Madrid, while in southwest France one minister called the fire a monster. The mayor of Bordeaux said the fire was at the gates of the metropolitan area but that evacuation was not being planned. Combined with fires around Madrid and Valencia, more than a third of a million people had left their homes. About 2,500 firefighters had been drafted in across France, and a major flare-up occurred 10 miles from Bordeaux. Stronger winds and temperatures near 40C were forecast, and President Macron described the crisis as the most serious facing France since the Second World War. In Spain, fires across Madrid, Toledo and Avila had burned almost 380,000 acres, and the prime minister said the country had to be better prepared for climate change. The report also examined causes including a pyrocumulonimbus cloud generated by a wildfire, drought and land management, and measures such as vineyards used as firebreaks.
The programme then reported on funeral director Robert Bush, who took money from families without cremating or burying their dead. He had pleaded guilty to 67 charges, including 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial, and was being sentenced. Relatives gave victim impact statements describing betrayal of trust. The court heard that 35 bodies and ashes linked to 163 families were removed from his Hull business in 2024, and that his spending and transfers to his wife exceeded £869,000 over seven years to 2024. The broadcast also reported violence in the occupied West Bank, where the UN criticised Israeli settlers and the Israeli government for legitimising settler outposts. At least four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers had died in recent violence. Attacks on mosques in Kuzra and Kour were shown, and the report said 77 Palestinians and three Israelis had been killed this year. Checkpoints and demolitions followed the soldiers' deaths, with reports of women giving birth in cars and one woman losing her baby.
Andy Burnham, in his second week as prime minister, welcomed Ukraine's President Zelensky to Portsmouth, promising to maintain every commitment to Ukraine made by predecessors and offering new British jamming technology for Ukrainian drones. Zelensky asked for more missile defence systems and made the case for more British defence spending, and Burnham said he would continue leading the Coalition of the Willing. Burnham also rejected speculation that he planned to abolish stamp duty or introduce a land tax, saying he did not know where the stories had come from, and said more details on social care, defence spending and housing would come later in the week. The broadcast then reported that funding for the Jodrell Bank telescope in Cheshire would be withdrawn from 2028, putting 28 jobs at risk and affecting nearly 3,000 scientists. Finally, it reported the death of Bill Oddie at 85, remembering his work with the Goodies, wildlife programmes including Springwatch, his OBE for services to wildlife conservation, and his comments about depression and bipolar disorder.
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Claim France and Spain wildfires force 330,000 evacuations as heatwave returns
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from wildfires in France and Spain.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 2:57-3:08
- 5:51
Claim France and Spain wildfires force 330,000 evacuations as heatwave returns
Spain had lost 600 square miles to fires in the year to date, six times the figure at the same time last year.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 5:51-6:00
- 9:21
Claim France and Spain wildfires force 330,000 evacuations as heatwave returns
President Macron described the wildfire crisis as the most serious facing France since the Second World War.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 9:21-9:30
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Claim Robert Bush awaits sentencing over unburied bodies after 67 guilty pleas
Police removed 35 bodies from Robert Bush's Hull funeral business and found human ashes.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 15:00-15:13
- 15:13
Claim Robert Bush awaits sentencing over unburied bodies after 67 guilty pleas
Robert Bush admitted 67 offences, including preventing lawful burials, mishandling ashes and fraud.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 15:13-15:21
- 15:43
Claim Robert Bush awaits sentencing over unburied bodies after 67 guilty pleas
The prosecution said Robert Bush's spending and bank transfers exceeded £869,000.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 15:43-15:53
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- 16:13
Claim UN criticises Israeli settler attacks in West Bank after mosque arson and six deaths
The UN criticised Israeli settlers over fatal attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in recent days and criticised the Israeli government for legitimising settler outposts in the occupied territory.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 16:13-16:25
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Claim UN criticises Israeli settler attacks in West Bank after mosque arson and six deaths
The UN criticised Israeli settlers over fatal attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in recent days and criticised the Israeli government for legitimising settler outposts in the occupied territory.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 16:25-16:31
- 16:31
Claim UN criticises Israeli settler attacks in West Bank after mosque arson and six deaths
At least four Palestinians and two Israelis, including two soldiers, died in recent violence that preceded the mosque fires by two days.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 16:31-16:36
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Claim Zelensky meets Burnham in Portsmouth as UK pledges continued Ukraine support
Zelensky met Burnham in Portsmouth, where Burnham pledged to maintain the UK's commitments to Ukraine made by previous governments.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 19:08-19:13
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Claim Zelensky meets Burnham in Portsmouth as UK pledges continued Ukraine support
Zelensky asked for more missile defence systems, many of which are being diverted to the Middle East.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 20:13-20:21
- 20:29
Claim Zelensky meets Burnham in Portsmouth as UK pledges continued Ukraine support
The UK is providing newly developed domestic jamming technology to protect Ukrainian drones.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 20:29-20:37
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Claim Andy Burnham denies plans to abolish stamp duty and replace council tax
Andy Burnham denied that he was considering abolishing stamp duty, with his team saying ideas from Labour MPs, advisers and think tanks did not mean he was actively looking into them.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 22:31-22:38
- 22:38
Claim Andy Burnham denies plans to abolish stamp duty and replace council tax
Andy Burnham recently spoke about the need to reform council tax.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 22:38-22:47
- 22:47
Claim Andy Burnham denies plans to abolish stamp duty and replace council tax
Andy Burnham denied that he was considering abolishing stamp duty, with his team saying ideas from Labour MPs, advisers and think tanks did not mean he was actively looking into them.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 27 July 2026, 22:47-22:55
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