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ITV Evening News
Tuesday 22 September 2026 · 18:30 BST · 1h · 12 stories · 15 annotated moments · 39 of 60 min on news stories (65%)
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Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan after his new book about Princess Diana wrongly claimed that Morgan was editor of the Daily Mirror when the Mirror Group published covert photographs of Diana in a gym in 1993, and Morgan did not join the paper until two years later. Despite the apology, Morgan told ITV News he was still pressing ahead with legal action, said the error raised serious questions about the credibility of the book, and demanded it be withdrawn. Andy Burnham met President Trump face to face for the first time since becoming Prime Minister, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, where they discussed trade and the Falklands and spoke warmly, though there were disagreements over UK sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements and the Chagos Islands deal. Trump later addressed the UN General Assembly, threatening to annihilate Iran if no deal was made, expressing optimism about ending the Ukraine-Russia war, and making new threats to Cuba that prompted its delegation to walk out.
Four people died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, after crews were called in the early hours and found the bodies of a woman and three children in an upstairs bedroom, while one person escaped and was in hospital. Former DJ Tim Westwood was charged with sex offences against the Jewish community in 2004 and already faced 15 other sexual offences including rape, denying all charges ahead of a January trial, while two men in their 30s were arrested over a suspected terrorist plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community before the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. New figures showed government borrowing jumped unexpectedly, with £18.3 billion borrowed last month and more than £77 billion since April, £8 billion above forecasts; the Chancellor faced pressure before the budget as spending on welfare, state pensions and war-related costs overshot while inflation and borrowing costs remained high. At the Liberal Democrat conference, Sir Ed Davey pledged tax cuts paid for by rejoining the EU single market and customs union, said a deal could be done within a year if the Lib Dems were in power, warned the party was in a fight for its life, and proposed reducing income tax thresholds, a global treaty to pause super-intelligent AI, and digs at Nigel Farage and President Trump.
Martha's Rule, allowing patients and families to ask for a second opinion, was to be expanded to all A&E departments in England by 2028 after campaigning by Martha Mills's family. A British father pleaded guilty in Cyprus to causing the death of his young son, who fell from a fourth-floor hotel window in Paphos, and was due back in court for sentencing. INEOS paused production at its three chemical plants in Hull, blaming high UK gas prices and warning about jobs and the supply chain, while the government pointed to £350 million for strategic producers. An ITV News investigation found some medical schools in England and Wales provided as little as one hour of menopause training over five years, with one in five offering no more than 90 minutes of structured teaching, amid research linking HRT to reduced suicidal thoughts. Scientists said the Kent meningitis B outbreak that killed two students was severe because the bacteria picked up DNA from other throat bacteria and its spread was linked to a Canterbury nightclub. The first new Mersey ferry in 60 years was launched and was due to begin operating in the coming weeks, and the British Library honoured Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which has delivered seven million books to UK children.
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan over a factual error in his book about Princess Diana, saying accuracy mattered to him as a historian and his assumption about Morgan was incorrect.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 1:53-2:02
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 2:14-2:31
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 2:19-2:27
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan argued the admitted error undermined the credibility of the rest of the book, including Earl Spencer's claims about King Charles.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 2:19-2:27
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan over a factual error in his book about Princess Diana, saying accuracy mattered to him as a historian and his assumption about Morgan was incorrect.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 3:50-4:02
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan over a factual error in his book about Princess Diana, saying accuracy mattered to him as a historian and his assumption about Morgan was incorrect.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 3:50-4:02
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan over a factual error in his book about Princess Diana, saying accuracy mattered to him as a historian and his assumption about Morgan was incorrect.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 4:38-4:50
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Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan disputed Earl Spencer's account of a phone call about disinviting newspaper editors from Diana's funeral and cited his published diaries as a contemporaneous record.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 5:50-5:58
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Claim Bootle house fire kills woman and three children
Four people, described as a woman and three children, died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, and fire crews found four bodies in an upstairs bedroom after an early hours call.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 13:47-13:55
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Claim Bootle house fire kills woman and three children
Four people, described as a woman and three children, died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, and fire crews found four bodies in an upstairs bedroom after an early hours call.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 13:51-13:59
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Claim Bootle house fire kills woman and three children
One person escaped the fire and was taken to hospital with burns.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 14:45-14:57
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- 22:40 Story begins Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
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Claim INEOS mothballs three Hull chemical sites over gas prices
INEOS is mothballing three major chemical sites in Hull and cites rising gas prices as the reason.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 28:59-29:13
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Claim INEOS mothballs three Hull chemical sites over gas prices
Up to 1,000 staff are affected and will continue to be paid, while 3,000 further jobs are at risk in associated industries.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 29:05-29:21
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Claim INEOS mothballs three Hull chemical sites over gas prices
INEOS is mothballing three major chemical sites in Hull and cites rising gas prices as the reason.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 29:09-29:21
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Claim INEOS mothballs three Hull chemical sites over gas prices
The government described the move as a commercial decision and pointed to measures for essential chemicals, while Sir Jim Ratcliffe expressed scepticism about that account.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 22 September 2026, 29:45-29:53
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