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ITV News at Ten
Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 11 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (84%)
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ITV News at Ten began with a second migrant boat reaching Britain undetected in as many days. Twenty-one people were detained after a dinghy reached a beach near Dover, following another uncontrolled landing on Monday in which five people were detained. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, ordered an urgent review by Border Security Command and said even one uncontrolled crossing was one too many. A separate small boat carrying around 50 migrants was intercepted after more than 30 hours at sea from the Normandy coast; Hampshire Police said they were aware of video appearing to show anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas slashing an inflatable boat and were investigating. In Gosport, protests took place as rumours spread, and two women and a man were charged with assaulting an emergency worker. The report said uncontrolled landings are rare, with three since recording began three years ago, two of them this week, and that overall crossings are down year on year but still around 17,500 this year.
Next, an RAF Hawk training jet crashed over Anglesey in North Wales. Two pilots ejected and parachuted to safety before the aircraft crashed and burst into flames, narrowly missing homes and a caravan park; they were airlifted to hospital and treated for minor injuries. The RAF temporarily paused high-speed Hawk training as a precaution and a full investigation was expected. Scotland recorded 1,133 drug deaths last year, 11% higher than the year before, with cocaine involved in more than half and opioids implicated in more than three quarters; deaths linked to the synthetic opioids discussed trebled and the first drug checking centre was due to open next month. In Lancashire, residents near the Hill House chemical site were told blood tests showed elevated PFAS levels, with almost all at the peak of what is considered safe in America and 46 out of 49 in the top 1% there; lawyers planned a UK-first class legal action, while the company said its priority was safety and UK guidance said such testing did not predict future health problems. The programme also reported that a house fire in Bootle killed mother Alicia Braben, 36, and her children Prudence, 7, Leo, 16, and Ellis, 8; their family said the children were her whole world and were loved beyond measure.
At the United Nations, Argentina's president Javier Milei asserted Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands as a national cause, pointing to oil reserves and saying Argentina would take matters into its own hands; when pressed he did not say whether force would be used, and a US administration figure said the long-standing US position of neutrality was under review. Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian rejected Donald Trump's description of Iran as a terrorist state, saying Iranians were victims of American terrorism and citing a school bombing; US delegates walked out. The broadcast also reported on Xi Jinping's rare trip to Washington to meet Donald Trump, with AI high on the agenda, and said no breakthrough on AI safety was expected.
On air
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- 3:01
Shabana Mahmood, home secretary
“Intercepted has stung the home secretary Shabana Mahmood to order a review into how UK Border Security Command could have let it happen”
- 9:47
“I could see the tail end of the plane in their car park Mark Ridgway arrived at the caravan park minutes after the crash”
- 16:05
Dr Dave Megson, Dr
“Dave Megson has been comparing levels to the US if our community was in the United States”
- 18:17
Javier Milei, Argentina's president
“Javier Milei is worried about oil reserves around the islands”
- 22:26
Leo Wang, worked in California's Silicon Valley
“Leo Wang worked in California's Silicon Valley”
- 23:55
Mark Zeng, former computer programmer at one of China's top AI startups
“Mark Zeng believes instead of limiting the technology. We should police the people who use it”
- 27:14
Earl Spencer, Earl
“It was Earl Spencer's turn in the back and forth over his book to hit back at Piers Morgan who had pointed out an error”
- 27:51
Michael Morpurgo, children's author
“So Michael Morpurgo was ahead of his time when he and his wife set up a scheme for city kids”
- 28:30
Clare Morpurgo, wife
“Farms for city children more than a hundred thousand students have come to Michael and Clare Morpurgo goes farms a chance to learn about nature”
- 2:49
- 8:25
- 8:26
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Yeah, let's see if this is a changing tactic by the people smugglers. Okay, thank you For a few terrifying seconds in the skies over Anglesey in North Wales lives hung in the balance in the air and on the ground an RAF Hawk training jet was veering out of control Shortly after takeoff the crew of two escapes death by ejecting and parachuting to safety
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 8:26-8:34
- 8:38
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
terrifying seconds in the skies over Anglesey in North Wales lives hung in the balance in the air and on the ground an RAF Hawk training jet was veering out of control Shortly after takeoff the crew of two escapes death by ejecting and parachuting to safety then the plane just missed homes on the ground and a caravan park a
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 8:38-8:44
- 8:48
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Shortly after takeoff the crew of two escapes death by ejecting and parachuting to safety then the plane just missed homes on the ground and a caravan park a 16 million pounds worth of aircraft went up in a huge fireball The RAF has suspended Hawk fighter training as a precaution It looked like a routine training flight, but within seconds it was clear something was wrong
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 8:48-8:52
- 10:29
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Rocket-powered ejection seats parachuted these pilots to safety They were then airlifted to hospital and are being treated for minor injuries and while crashes are extremely rare This one has left a community in shock. It's been a dramatic day Quite frightening in one respect, but also a very very lucky day
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 10:29-10:33
- 11:10
Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
The RAF say their high-speed Hawk fighter jet training has been temporarily paused as a precautionary measure And attention will now turn to how this lucky escape could have been avoided em, you Elche news at 10 Anglesey The unwanted label of being the drug death capital of Europe is one Scotland is
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 11:10-11:17
- 11:19
- 14:27
- 16:12
Claim Lancashire PFAS contamination found in residents blood tests
Blood tests found 46 of 49 people tested had PFAS levels in the top 1% or higher compared with the US population.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 16:12-16:16
- 17:11
Claim Lancashire PFAS contamination found in residents blood tests
Lawyers are planning a class legal action described as a UK first.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 17:11-17:16
- 17:29
Claim Lancashire PFAS contamination found in residents blood tests
The factory is being shut this year while Environment Agency investigations continue.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 17:29-17:34
- 18:05
- 21:18 Story begins Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
- 22:02
Claim Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
China is expanding its AI efforts while some US technology companies have warned of extinction risks and called for caution.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 22:02-22:13
- 25:06
Claim Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
Xi Jinping is due to arrive in the United States, and President Trump is expected to host him at the White House on Thursday.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 25:06-25:19
- 26:56
Claim Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
Analysts expected no major breakthrough on AI safety, with at most a limited hotline or notification process.
ITV, ITV News at Ten, 23 September 2026, 26:56-27:06
- 27:47
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