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ITV Lunchtime News
Thursday 22 October 2026 · 13:30 BST · 25m · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 19 of 25 min on news stories (75%)
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The bulletin led with new rules announced for England and Wales under which killers who refuse to face victims' families at sentencing could lose privileges or be kept in cells for several weeks, with visitor access lost for up to a month and less severe restrictions for younger offenders. Ministers said existing powers to extend sentences did not go far enough; the family of Zara Aleena welcomed the change, while the family of Olivia Pratt-Korbel welcomed the measures but said they were extremely disappointed by how long they had taken and by broken and false promises. The changes were introduced in Parliament and should take effect next year. It then reported that 32 government services were unavailable and four partially unavailable because of potential cybersecurity issues, with Downing Street saying precautionary measures were protecting systems while updates were applied after a critical flaw in the PHP programming language; a security firm described it as one of the most serious vulnerabilities it had found. Gas workers Neil Armstrong and John Wright were found guilty of ten counts of gross negligence manslaughter after ten people died in a gas explosion at a block of flats in Jersey in 2022, and Island Energy was found guilty of two counts of breaking health and safety laws.
Barclays said it was cutting around 5,000 jobs by the end of the year, about 5% of its global workforce, as it invests in technology including artificial intelligence to improve efficiency; about 60% were support roles, 1,000 had already gone in the first half of 2026 and 4,000 more were due, while the bank reported a 12% rise in profits for the three months to September. Russia carried out a significant attack on Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight and killing at least two people and wounding 22 including four children, hours after President Putin said he had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations after talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Meta was fined 25 billion dollars, its largest fine, after a New Mexico judge found it had lied about handling Facebook user data; Meta is appealing. The French president sought to ban future demonstrations not organised by official trade unions, saying protests by legitimate groups would be allowed but others would be prohibited where possible.
The Met Office issued wind and rain warnings with Storm Austin expected to affect southwest England tomorrow, including an amber wind warning for Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly and a red wind warning for the Channel shipping area, while schools in Guernsey planned to close and Storm Bulow was expected to bring further disruption around Saturday. The National Pharmacy Association called for free prescriptions in England to avoid what it called a cruel tax on illness, noting charges of nine pounds 90 pence unless exempt and that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland already provided free medicines, while the Department of Health said nine out of ten prescriptions were exempt, charges had been frozen for two years and the money went back into the NHS. A new clinical trial called Ad Smart, backed by the Prime Minister whose father died with Alzheimer's last month, was reported as potentially more than halving the time needed to test Alzheimer's treatments by testing more than one drug at once and repurposing drugs used for conditions such as ADHD and diabetes. The bulletin ended with residents near Fillongley in North Warwickshire using knitted traffic police and schoolchildren figures to try to slow drivers after almost a dozen crashes in four years.
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Claim Judges given new powers to punish criminals who skip sentencing
Judges in England and Wales are gaining new powers to punish offenders who refuse to appear for sentencing, with sanctions including cell confinement for up to three weeks, loss of prison privileges for almost three months, and restrictions on social visits.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 0:00-0:11
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Claim Judges given new powers to punish criminals who skip sentencing
An earlier law in April already allowed judges to add up to two years to sentences or impose a fine for non-attendance, but the government said this did not deter offenders already facing long sentences.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 1:04-1:14
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Charged quote UK takes 32 government services offline in global PHP cyber alert
So it's not necessarily bad news this because they're being taken down remember not because they've been hacked But to prevent them from being hacked the firm who helped find the fault though Said that this is one of the most serious vulnerabilities. They've ever found we actually spoke to them earlier today We know that this pretty dangerous, and if it's in the wrong hands
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 4:40-4:44
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Claim Jersey gas explosion trial: jury discharged after failing to agree on third worker
Ten residents died after gas escaped from an open valve at a block of flats.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 5:42-5:50
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Claim Jersey gas explosion trial: jury discharged after failing to agree on third worker
Ten residents died after gas escaped from an open valve at a block of flats.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 5:42-5:56
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Claim Jersey gas explosion trial: jury discharged after failing to agree on third worker
A jury unanimously found Neil Armstrong and John Wright guilty of unlawful killing over the Jersey explosion.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 5:50-5:56
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Claim Jersey gas explosion trial: jury discharged after failing to agree on third worker
Island Energy was unanimously found guilty of two counts of breaching health and safety laws.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 5:57-6:03
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Claim Jersey gas explosion trial: jury discharged after failing to agree on third worker
Island Energy was unanimously found guilty of two counts of breaching health and safety laws.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 5:57-6:03
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Claim Barclays to cut around 5,000 jobs by end of year in AI push
Barclays planned or was expected to cut around 5,000 jobs this year, with the reductions expected by the end of the year.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 7:04-7:13
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Forecast winds in Devon and Cornwall could reach 80mph and be strong enough to cause damage.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 9:31-9:45
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 9:31-9:45
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 9:37-9:45
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A red wind warning was issued for a shipping area in the Channel, with force 10 winds and gusts up to 80 mph expected for the Channel Islands.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 9:45-9:56
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A red wind warning was issued for a shipping area in the Channel, with force 10 winds and gusts up to 80 mph expected for the Channel Islands.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 9:45-9:56
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Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 22 October 2026, 10:55-11:08
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