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ITV — ITV News West Country
Monday 10 August 2026 · 18:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 19 of 30 min on news stories (63%)
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A Swindon woman, Jordan Turner, is campaigning to reduce knife crime by distributing free packs of blunt-ended kitchen knives, following the death of her brother Lee in 2021. She gives talks in schools and prisons and hopes the safer knives will prevent them being used as weapons. ONS figures for Wiltshire showed a slight drop in knife crime between 2024 and 2025, but there were still 401 weapons offences in that year.
Tributes have been paid to 16-year-old Abby Lainton from Swindon, who died in a accident while on holiday in the Dominican Republic; two of her siblings were also badly injured. Wessex Water reported that water usage is up by more than 30% and warned that without a reduction in demand, a hosepipe ban may be introduced for the first time since 1976. The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta attracted tens of thousands of visitors over the weekend, with near perfect flying conditions, and the flight director noted it was a record year for attendance. A separate report highlighted renewed calls for housing developers to install swift bricks in new builds, which the government expects to make mandatory in England, following a similar requirement in Scotland.
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- 2:05
Claim Swindon woman gives out blunt-ended knives to prevent knife crime
Lee Turner was killed in a Swindon park in 2021 and his attacker was cleared of murder.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 2:05-2:19
- 2:49
Claim Swindon woman gives out blunt-ended knives to prevent knife crime
Jordan Turner distributes free packs of blunt-ended kitchen knives in Swindon.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 2:49-2:55
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Claim Swindon woman gives out blunt-ended knives to prevent knife crime
Wiltshire recorded 401 weapons offences, a slight drop in knife crime between 2024 and 2025.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 3:10-3:31
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- 4:36
Claim Swindon teenager Abby Lainton dies in Dominican Republic holiday accident
Abby Lainton, a 16-year-old from Swindon, died in a holiday accident in the Dominican Republic.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 4:36-4:47
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Claim Swindon teenager Abby Lainton dies in Dominican Republic holiday accident
Two of Abby Lainton's siblings were also badly injured.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 4:42-4:47
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Claim Swindon teenager Abby Lainton dies in Dominican Republic holiday accident
The Foreign Office is providing consular support to the family.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 5:26-5:35
- 5:52 Story begins Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
Wessex Water reported water demand up by more than 30 percent.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 5:52-6:03
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
Wessex Water reported water demand up by more than 30 percent.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 5:52-6:03
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
Wessex Water supplies 1.3 million people across the region.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 5:56-6:03
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
Wessex Water may impose a hosepipe ban if demand does not drop.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 6:03-6:16
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
An amber heat health alert was issued for the remainder of the week.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 6:36-6:48
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Claim Wessex Water warns of potential hosepipe ban
Wessex Water has not imposed a hosepipe ban for 50 years, since the 1976 heatwave.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 6:56-7:06
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Claim Shantay Amankwa wins two bronzes, Will Salter debuts at Commonwealth Games
Shantay Amankwa won two bronze medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 12:42-12:49
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Claim Shantay Amankwa wins two bronzes, Will Salter debuts at Commonwealth Games
Shantay Amankwa is 17 years old.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 13:59-14:15
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Claim Shantay Amankwa wins two bronzes, Will Salter debuts at Commonwealth Games
Shantay Amankwa wants to compete in the Olympics.
ITV1 HD, ITV News West Country, 10 August 2026, 15:16-15:28
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