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ITV Evening News
Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 18:30 BST · 1h · 12 stories · 15 annotated moments · 39 of 60 min on news stories (65%)
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The bulletin led with an RAF Hawk T2 training jet crash on Anglesey, North Wales. The jet came down and burst into flames, narrowly missing homes and caravans; two crew members ejected and were taken to hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries, and no one on the ground was believed to have been hurt. An investigation was launched. The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, ordered an urgent review after Border Force failed to intercept a second migrant boat in two days; 21 people were detained after a boat beached near Dover, and police were examining video allegedly showing an anti-migrant activist slashing a dinghy, while six people were arrested at protests in Gosport. The government then suspended a key decision on the Chagos Islands after Donald Trump criticised the deal; Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said it could not go ahead without US support, and Britain would try to revise the agreement with Mauritius while keeping access to the Diego Garcia base.
Earl Spencer told ITV he stood by his Princess Diana book and denied writing a hit piece against King Charles, amid a legal row with Piers Morgan. Tributes were paid to a mother and three children who died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, and figures showed Scotland still had Europe's highest drug-death rate, with 1,133 deaths last year, up 11%, linked in part to synthetic opioids. In Cornwall, emergency services moved a large unexploded Second World War bomb from Falmouth Harbour after evacuating hundreds of residents, later lifting the cordon. An inquest heard that a 73-year-old British man died after severe turbulence on a Heathrow-to-Singapore flight diverted to Bangkok, and a man who pushed a police officer off a motorbike during an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth was warned he faces jail. Ryanair's boss warned airfares could rise by 10-15% next summer because of the Iran war and jet fuel prices. The programme also examined AI use, including Prince Harry's New York speech on protecting children online, warnings that AI can be confidently wrong, an AI companion for an elderly user, and concerns about its environmental cost.
Later, the bulletin reported growing interest in stockpiling emergency food after a government minister suggested storing a little food for emergencies, while the food industry called for more action on refrigeration and energy resilience. Legal & General said it planned to cut around 1,000 jobs by the middle of next year, and Admiral was set to shed 500 UK jobs as part of plans to save £100 million, saying AI was not responsible. A bitter feud broke out over Dolly Parton's estate, with her nephew Brian Seaver accused by the estate of threats and coercion and facing a restraining order, while he said the proceedings were brought in bad faith. Argentina's president, Javier Milei, used a UN speech to press his country's claim to the Falkland Islands, accusing the UN of looking the other way and saying Argentina would take matters into its own hands. The programme ended with Sir Michael Morpurgo celebrating 50 years of Farms for City Children, a scheme giving city children farm experience, with Princess Anne visiting as patron.
On air
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- 7:20
Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary
“Our improved monitoring has led to uncontrolled crossings,”
- 9:24
Daniel Thomas, Anti-migrant activist
“This is evening, this is not France any more, OK?”
- 12:15
Wes Streeting, Defence Secretary
“The current deal on Chagos does not have the support”
- 12:42
Donald Trump, President Trump
“I don't support it. I think it's terrible.”
- 14:58
“That is a bald-faced lie.”
- 16:11
“I'm very happy to acknowledge I made a small error,”
- 30:04
Michael O'leary, boss of Ryanair
“If oil prices, jet fuel remains up at $140 a barrel,”
- 34:57
Bill Nguyen, businessman from California
“It manages my calendar, it manages my email messages.”
- 43:00
Alex Budden, has this emergency food stash for his family
“There's a lot of things happening in the world”
- 43:25
Angela Eagle, government minister in charge of food and farming
“if you've got a store of a bit of food”
- 48:44
Javier Milei, President of Argentina
“We will not remain indifferent to those who exploit resources”
- 54:53
Michael Morpurgo, author
“It is a farm, and they've been part of it,”
- 55:13
Claire Morpurgo, the lady who started Farms for City Children
“The hedges, which are massive round here, were full of wildlife.”
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Claim RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Two RAF pilots sustained minor injuries after ejecting from a training aircraft that crashed in Wales.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 1:56-2:07
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Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Police and emergency services rushed to where the aircraft came down on the island of Anglesey near the village of Lambaylog. Dramatic footage shows the two crew members ejecting from the stricken jet. The extent of their injuries is not yet known. It is believed that no one on the ground was hurt and an investigation has been launched.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 2:17-2:23
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Claim RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Two RAF pilots sustained minor injuries after ejecting from a training aircraft that crashed in Wales.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 2:23-2:27
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Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
but first, our Wales reporter, Rhys Williams, explains what we know so far about the crash. It looked a routine training flight, but within seconds it was clear something was wrong. The two pilots ejected safely, while the out-of-control jet trailing smoke plummeted to the ground. That's horrendous! No one on the ground was hurt. How close is it there to that house?
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 3:03-3:20
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Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
That's horrendous! No one on the ground was hurt. How close is it there to that house? Miraculous, considering the jet crashed perilously close to the village of Sandvaylog. It was about 15, 10, 15 foot away from an empty caravan, but within 30 foot of caravans people were staying in. And then there's a bank, a grass bank, and I think the rest of the plane was just the other side of the bank.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 3:25-3:32
- 3:47
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
And then there's a bank, a grass bank, and I think the rest of the plane was just the other side of the bank. That's where the firemen were working at the time. It's been a dramatic day, quite frightening in one respect, but also a very, very lucky day. Luck, yes, but also training and execution. Both of these pilots successfully used their rocket-powered ejection seats to escape their failed aircraft.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 3:47-3:54
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Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
And then there's a bank, a grass bank, and I think the rest of the plane was just the other side of the bank. That's where the firemen were working at the time. It's been a dramatic day, quite frightening in one respect, but also a very, very lucky day. Luck, yes, but also training and execution. Both of these pilots successfully used their rocket-powered ejection seats to escape their failed aircraft.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 3:47-3:54
- 4:59
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
but investigators will want answers. Rhys Williams, ITV News. Amy Welch is on Anglesey. Amy, amazing pictures. It was a really narrow escape for those two pilots, and indeed the people all living on the ground nearby. It really was. I mean, when you look at that footage, it really is a miracle that these pilots made it out alive.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 4:59-5:02
- 5:08
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
It was a really narrow escape for those two pilots, and indeed the people all living on the ground nearby. It really was. I mean, when you look at that footage, it really is a miracle that these pilots made it out alive. Now, the plane actually came down in the field just to the right of me here. This is the closest we can get.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 5:08-5:13
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- 6:39
Claim Home Secretary orders review after Kent migrant boat landings
Twenty-one migrants were arrested after a larger inflatable boat landed at Samphire Hoe near Dover.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 6:39-6:44
- 7:27
Claim Home Secretary orders review after Kent migrant boat landings
The Home Secretary called for an urgent review after two uncontrolled migrant boat landings in two days.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 7:27-7:34
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Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Chagos deal was paused or postponed after Donald Trump withdrew his support and described it as terrible, and it was reported as dead without US sign-off.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 11:07-11:15
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Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Chagos deal was paused or postponed after Donald Trump withdrew his support and described it as terrible, and it was reported as dead without US sign-off.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 11:07-11:15
- 11:39
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
Streeting said the Chagos deal would not be good enough without US backing.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 11:39-11:45
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Claim Ryanair warns summer 2027 fares will rise materially as Iran war lifts oil
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said rising oil prices linked to the Iran war will force airlines to raise fares materially into summer 2027, warning that some airlines may struggle to maintain capacity or survive winter.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 23 September 2026, 30:04-30:16
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