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ITV Lunchtime News
Thursday 15 October 2026 · 13:30 BST · 25m · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 18 of 25 min on news stories (71%)
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Nigel Farage responded to an ITV investigation that recorded some Reform UK councillors and candidates making racist, Islamophobic and sexist comments. He said the year-long investigation had been carried out because the establishment wanted Reform out of the picture, and that people could not be vetted for what they might say in the future. The footage included a call for no more than 1% of the British population to be non-white, and councillors saying they had concealed views from voters in order to win power. The Prime Minister said a poison had been allowed into politics and called on Reform to take firm and immediate action. Reform UK said those shown had either been suspended or left, and that investigations had commenced; Chris Whelan, a councillor featured in the footage, resigned as a councillor altogether.
Labour announced it would pull out of council coalitions with the Green Party unless the Greens' local representatives condemned their new national anti-Zionism policy, which was adopted at conference earlier this month and included a clause effectively saying modern-day Israel should not exist; the Greens said it was wrong to conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism. The ultimatum could affect 17 councils in England and one in Wales. In Pakistan, at least 34 children and a teacher died after the roofs of two school classrooms collapsed in Peshawar, with the owner arrested and heavy rainfall said to have contributed. Jeffrey Donaldson, the former DUP leader, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex offences including rape, having been found guilty of 18 counts in June. A woman told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that she was raped by Russell Brand and feared she might be pregnant after the alleged attack in a Bournemouth hotel room in 1999; Brand denies all charges.
An inquest into the death of William Chapman at Yorkshire Wildlife Park heard that he had schizophrenia and a history of psychosis, that his family had raised concerns about his contact with mental health services, and that the NHS trust had launched an independent investigation; the inquest was adjourned until March. New figures showed the economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in August, partly driven by manufacturing in the pharmaceutical sector, surprising economists who had forecast a slight decline, and the news came as a boost to the Chancellor ahead of the Budget; John Healey told ITV News financial support would remain targeted and temporary. Harry and Meghan made their first joint engagement since returning to the UK in Nottingham, where they received a warm welcome, and it was Meghan's first public appearance in the country since the late Queen's funeral four years ago.
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Charged quote ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
Good afternoon, the Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has just issued his first response to an investigation showing some of his councillors and candidates making racist, Islamophobic and sexist comments. He said the year-long ITV investigation was carried out because the establishment want Reform out of the picture.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 0:57-1:01
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Contested quote ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
showing some of his councillors and candidates making racist, Islamophobic and sexist comments. He said the year-long ITV investigation was carried out because the establishment want Reform out of the picture. On Reform's vetting process of candidates, he said you can't vet people for what they say in the future.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 1:04-1:09
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Claim ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
Reform UK said future comments cannot be vetted, especially when someone is entrapped by an undercover reporter.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 1:09-1:17
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Claim ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
The Prime Minister said Britain had allowed a poison into politics and called on Reform UK to take firm action.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 1:44-1:54
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Claim ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
The Prime Minister said Britain had allowed a poison into politics and called on Reform UK to take firm action.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 1:44-1:54
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Charged quote ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
but will still shock some voters. For example, like ensuring only 1% of the UK population is non-white. The Prime Minister said today, we have allowed a poison into our politics and it's time to draw a line on it and called Reform to take firm and immediate action. I'm joined now by our political reporter Jasmine Cameron Chileshe
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 1:46-1:49
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Contested quote ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
shown in the footage have either been suspended or have left the party. And a spokesperson for the party said, where members, activists and councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately, investigations have commenced. In some cases, there have been suspensions and due process must be followed. Reform UK has improved and prioritised its vetting procedures,
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 5:34-5:36
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Claim ITV Exposure uncovers offensive comments by Reform UK figures
Alan Feeney and Chris Whelan resigned from Reform UK amid the ITV investigation, with Feeney citing health reasons and later sitting as an independent councillor.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 7:39-7:48
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
At least 27 pupils and a teacher died after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 12:50-13:01
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Charged quote Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
The crowd is parted and a rescuer runs out with a wounded child in his arms. The ambulance door is barely closed before it races off to hospital. Inside the school, it was a desperate scene, people using their hands and pickaxes to search for survivors in the rubble. Buckets of debris passed out along the line of locals
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 13:24-13:27
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Charged quote Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
He said there were more than 100 pupils in the affected classrooms at the time and he fears a number of fatalities will rise. Ambulance after ambulance fled through the narrow streets of Peshawar, carrying more than 50 injured, many in a critical condition. Rescuers managed to pull more than 40 children out alive.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 14:05-14:12
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Charged quote Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
Rescuers managed to pull more than 40 children out alive. Most of those hurt or killed were aged between 4 and 14. Construction standards are poorly enforced in Pakistan. Deadly structure collapses are sadly all too common. Heavy rainfall overnight is said to have contributed to the collapse of this three-storey private school in Peshawar.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 14:31-14:35
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Claim Harry and Meghan make first joint UK engagement since moving back
Meghan's most recent UK public appearance was the late Queen's funeral in 2022.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 18:41-18:50
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Claim Harry and Meghan make first joint UK engagement since moving back
The first stop was the Community Recording Studio, a youth charity the couple had visited before.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 19:42-19:49
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Claim Harry and Meghan make first joint UK engagement since moving back
Nottingham was where Harry and Meghan made their first joint public appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017, and where Meghan began her public life in the UK.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 15 October 2026, 19:55-20:01
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