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ITV Evening News
Saturday 19 September 2026 · 17:35 BST · 20m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 14 of 20 min on news stories (71%)
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The US president announced a deal with Denmark giving the US permanent control over Greenland security, with the agreement expected to be signed next week. Separately, hundreds fled a large fire at the Grand Burstin hotel in Folkestone, which police are treating as suspicious.
The Ministry of Justice is considering plans to fine parents of children who commit crimes, cut their benefits, or in extreme cases impose prison sentences, through reformed parenting orders. At the Liberal Democrat conference, Sir Ed Davey defended his leadership despite the party's stalled polls and admitted challenges in social media engagement. Scottish Labour elected Michael Marra as its new leader after the party's worst result in Scottish Parliament elections.
West Mercia police arrested a man after a bus was stolen and driven into vehicles in Telford. More than £100,000 was raised for the family of Noah Woods, the three-year-old who went missing in Suffolk and was found dead. Protests are planned outside Ed Sheeran's Philadelphia concert after his support acts quit over the dropping of rapper Michael Moore, who had made pro-Palestinian comments.
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Claim Trump announces US deal with Denmark on Greenland security
Trump announced a deal with Denmark giving the US permanent control over Greenland's security, at no extra cost to the US and arguing that no other nation could secure the territory against Russia and China.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 2:55-3:07
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Charged quote Fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone forces evacuation
At a time of rising tensions with Russia and China many will question whether it was worth it. Philip Syme, ITV News. Hundreds of people have escaped a huge fire at an historic seaside hotel. The blaze broke out at the Grand Burstin in Folkestone just after 1am when most of the guests were asleep. Kent police are treating the fire as suspicious and have opened an investigation.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 5:30-5:35
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Charged quote Fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone forces evacuation
Kieran McFadgen has been to the hotel and spoken to guests who fled the burning building. This was the scene in the basement as hundreds of hotel guests furried for safety in the floors above. Flames raged through Folkestone's Grand Burstin hotel in the early hours of this morning. We went over to the harbour arm over there and that's when I started to see the flames
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 5:57-6:04
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Charged quote Fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone forces evacuation
All I want to do is get some belongings that are quite important and then get myself back home. I've already lost my car. My car was in the underground car park and that's gone in the blaze. Many guests spent a windy night in pyjamas waiting for information on when they can collect their belongings. 26 fire crews worked to get the blaze under control
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 6:23-6:33
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Charged quote Fire at Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone forces evacuation
and we have requested a structural engineer to attend the premises. We have extended the cordon to protect the public. A local sports hall was opened for uprooted guests to be sheltered, fed and clothed. There were a couple of explosions. I'm guessing cars from the gas tanks blowing up but just a lot of people not knowing what to do and trying to find somebody to tell
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 6:55-7:00
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Charged quote Ministers weigh fines, benefit cuts and prison for parents of child offenders
leadership and there's a real focus to toughen up accountability for parents and carers whose children commit offences. Now a Justice Minister, Jake Richards, has told The Times this could mean heftier fines, cuts to benefits and in the most extreme cases, jail time. It would work through parenting orders which can compel parents or guardians to address their
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 8:09-8:14
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Contested quote Ministers weigh fines, benefit cuts and prison for parents of child offenders
minister insists we need a carrot and stick approach. He said in that interview, I absolutely think that the justice system should hold parents to account in a proportionate way for ensuring that they play their role in keeping communities safe, adding that when he knocks on doors in his constituency people say we need more police but they also say well what
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 8:48-8:56
- 9:19 Story begins Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
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Charged quote Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
So at the annual conference as it got underway today we asked delegates if Sir Ed Davey was still the right man to lead the party. Our political correspondent Chloe Keady reports now from Brighton. The Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey is no stranger to political stunts. Many feel the party now has bigger fish to fry
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 9:42-9:46
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Contested quote Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
we're strong and this conference is an opportunity for us to tell people and I'll be talking in this conference about how we can help them with the cost of living. Are you the right man to lead this party into the next general election? Absolutely and you know when I talk to my colleagues about some of the comments they're either pretty across about them they don't
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 10:13-10:17
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Contested quote Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
his fans but instead there is growing controversy and planned protests. Two words that are very dear to my heart. This was the incident earlier this month when US rapper Michael Moore interrupted his set with a pointed political message. It prompted Robert Kraft the prominent Israeli donor and billionaire owner of a subsequent
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 13:39-13:49
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Claim Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
The withdrawals left Sheeran with no support acts for the tour.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 14:13-14:28
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Claim Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
The withdrawals left Sheeran with no support acts for the tour.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 14:13-14:28
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Contested quote Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
with other support acts dropping out in sympathy. Now Ed Sheeran's concert in Philadelphia is being targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters. This is not really about Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran is the primary example of this. He's capitulating, he's you know clearly spineless but I hope that everywhere Ed Sheeran shows his face people think about what's happening in
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 14:34-14:39
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Charged quote Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
seats. Sarah Padilla was an Ed Sheeran fan who is now planning her own protest inside the stadium. It is going to be the end of Ed Sheeran period. Seriously you think it's the end of Ed Sheeran in America? Why would anybody want to listen to his romanticized music when he doesn't give a damn? Sheeran has previously posted that he is appalled by the conflict and
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 15:05-15:30
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Contested quote Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour after pro-Palestinian speech
is starting later than planned and he faces going on stage alone without any support acts or even a backing band. What should have been a triumphant tour by one of the world's most popular musicians is suddenly mired in the divisive politics of the Middle East. Whatever Ed Sheeran does next is open to interpretation and potentially criticism. Dan Rivers reporting from Philadelphia.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 19 September 2026, 15:50-15:56
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