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ITV Lunchtime News
Friday 14 August 2026 · 13:30 BST · 25m · 5 stories · 14 annotated moments · 15 of 25 min on news stories (58%)
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Firefighters in the West Midlands worked through the night to contain wildfires, with six homes destroyed in Stourbridge on the hottest day of the year so far. Several fires across the region led to dozens of people needing medical treatment, including 19 taken to hospital, and an exclusion zone remained in place. A parliamentary investigation into Nigel Farage's failure to declare a five million pound gift was reopened, hours after he won the Clacton by-election with over 22,000 votes, while his nearest challenger Count Binface secured nearly 9,500 votes. Farage did not attend the count, citing a security threat, and also cancelled a victory speech.
Investigations continued into a train derailment in East Sussex that left 20 people in hospital, with around 150 passengers on board when three carriages overturned near Lewes. A new government report will examine how serious childhood illnesses affect the mental health of parents and siblings, following campaigning by the family of Hugh Menai Davis, who died from cancer in 2021. Other news included a petition surpassing one million signatures against the early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers, a mother jailed for killing her baby with a hairdryer, at least eight deaths from record rainfall in Japan, and new figures showing 794 pubs have closed this year, prompting MPs to consider a heritage pubs law. Count Binface's second-place finish in Clacton was described as his best ever election result.
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Claim UK records hottest day as wildfires devastate West Midlands homes
More than 20 homes were destroyed in Stourbridge.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 0:04-0:09
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Claim UK records hottest day as wildfires devastate West Midlands homes
54 people were treated by paramedics and 19 were taken to hospital.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 3:05-3:11
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Claim UK records hottest day as wildfires devastate West Midlands homes
54 people were treated by paramedics and 19 were taken to hospital.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 3:11-3:15
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- 7:45 Story begins Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Two people were seriously injured, and 18 others were less seriously injured.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 7:45-7:56
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Two people were seriously injured, and 18 others were less seriously injured.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 7:51-8:01
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Two people were seriously injured, and 18 others were less seriously injured.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 8:26-8:36
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Claim Passenger train derails near Lewes in Sussex
Two people were seriously injured, and 18 others were less seriously injured.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 8:30-8:36
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Claim Government announces 100 new mental health walk-in centres
The government announced a new report on mental health support for families of seriously ill children.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 10:16-10:38
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Claim Campaign for Real Ale reports 800 pub closures this year
CAMRA figures reported 794 pub closures so far this year, with 82 permanent closures.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 16:28-16:40
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Claim Campaign for Real Ale reports 800 pub closures this year
MPs are considering legislation to give heritage pubs greater protection.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 16:40-16:46
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Claim Campaign for Real Ale reports 800 pub closures this year
The Ship Inn has community asset protection but remains closed and requires investors.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 17:17-17:31
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Claim
Farage won the by-election for Reform, with Count Binface as runner-up.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 18:53-19:12
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Claim GB News investigation reveals anti-Farage links in standards committee
Farage did not attend the count.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 19:19-19:26
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Claim
Count Binface is the cosmic alter ego of comedian John Harvey.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 14 August 2026, 19:58-20:05
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