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ITV Lunchtime News
Tuesday 25 August 2026 · 13:30 BST · 25m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 17 of 25 min on news stories (68%)
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A government-commissioned review found that children who leave the care system face a much higher risk of early death, with more than two care leavers dying every week in England at a rate almost four times higher than the general population. The report described the drop-off in support at age 18 as a "care cliff" and a national tragedy, prompting the government to announce £25 million for housing support. In a separate development, the government allocated nearly £10 billion to councils and housing associations as the first wave of funding to build 70,000 affordable homes, but the Prime Minister faced criticism for not spending the full £39 billion programme on council homes as he had promised.
A police pursuit in Warwickshire ended in a fatal crash when a black Audi collided with another car, killing one man and leaving a woman critically injured. A three-year-old boy injured in a crocodile enclosure was discharged from hospital, while relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims reacted to the trial of a man charged over the explosion. A rare tornado swept through a village in southwestern France, injuring dozens and damaging over 300 homes. The NHS began sending free home HPV testing kits to women aged 30 to 65 who have missed cervical screening, aiming to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. Five more people were arrested, including a 16-year-old boy, in connection with a crash near Middlesbrough that killed two police officers and five others.
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Claim Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
112 care leavers aged 18 to 24 died in 2025.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 1:24-1:36
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Claim Care leavers die at four times general population rate, urgent review finds
Just over a third of those deaths were suicides.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 1:40-1:44
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Claim £10bn affordable homes funding announced despite PM U-turn row
Angela Rayner announced a plan to build 70,000 homes, with 60% of them as social housing.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 4:47-5:03
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Claim £10bn affordable homes funding announced despite PM U-turn row
The government announced a £39 billion scheme to build 300,000 homes, including more than 70,000 social and affordable homes in England, with £6 billion for London and under £10 billion for other regions.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 4:59-5:07
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Charged quote £10bn affordable homes funding announced despite PM U-turn row
£39 billion social house building programme. The Prime Minister though has been criticised by some for backtracking on claims he made during his by-election campaign in Makerfield where he said that all £39 billion should be spent on building council homes. Well our economics editor Joel Hills is here. Joel
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 5:07-5:19
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Charged quote £10bn affordable homes funding announced despite PM U-turn row
rents, are they going to care if a housing association owns the property or if the council does? I suspect they won't. Politically though, obviously, it's an example of the Burnham government facing contact with reality. He's launched a programme of promises and he's now having to come up against the reality of how do you finance those. He also promised Romilly
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 6:19-6:27
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Charged quote £10bn affordable homes funding announced despite PM U-turn row
context. 70,000 homes over 10 years. There are 1.3 million households waiting on a list for social housing. The scale of this doesn't even come close to matching the demand. But that doesn't mean to say that this is not a good or sensible policy. Quite a challenge. Thank you, Joel. One man has died and a woman is critically injured after a crash following a police
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 7:03-7:11
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Claim Dozens injured as tornado hits southern French village
The tornado damaged hundreds of buildings, including more than 300 homes.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 8:39-8:49
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Claim Dozens injured as tornado hits southern French village
Two people were in a critical condition in hospital after the tornado.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 8:57-9:01
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
NHS will offer free at-home cervical screening kits to women in England who have not attended screenings, with the aim of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 11:05-11:17
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
NHS will offer free at-home cervical screening kits to women in England who have not attended screenings, with the aim of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 11:05-11:17
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
NHS will offer free at-home cervical screening kits to women in England who have not attended screenings, with the aim of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 11:13-11:29
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
The swabs are tested for high-risk HPV, a virus linked to cervical cancer.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 12:21-12:33
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
A positive home test result is not a replacement for standard smear testing and further tests will still be offered.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 13:30-13:38
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Claim NHS offers free at-home cervical screening kits to millions of women in England
A positive home test result is not a replacement for standard smear testing and further tests will still be offered.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 25 August 2026, 14:02-14:14
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