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ITV Lunchtime News
Friday 23 October 2026 · 12:30 BST · 20m · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 15 of 20 min on news stories (73%)
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The Duchess of Sussex said she was deeply distressed after authorities in the Philippines confirmed they were investigating her father, Thomas Markle, over accusations that child sex abuse images were found at his home on Cebu. Meghan’s half-brother reported the 82-year-old to police after saying he discovered hundreds of images while looking through his father’s belongings. In a statement, Meghan said a 2018 letter to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection made troubling allegations against her father and that she was assured these were being investigated; the programme said the allegations in the letter were not known. Thomas Markle reportedly denies the allegations, calling them sick and a pack of lies, and is said to be in the US in rehabilitation after his leg was amputated.
Storm Austin hit the British Isles, leaving thousands without power in Devon and Cornwall and causing travel disruption and school and shop closures in the Channel Islands, where Jersey Airport recorded an 84mph gust. Almost 18,000 properties were affected by power cuts, with Cornwall having the highest number, and Storm Boulou was due tomorrow evening affecting Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. The Prime Minister defended government advice to stockpile food, water and essentials for three days, saying unexpected events are becoming more common, and hosted the first UK wildfire resilience summit, where he announced military aircraft and helicopters would be used to fight wildfires. British firefighters were shown training in Gran Canaria, while record temperatures led to 1,350 wildfires across England and Wales this summer.
A group of MPs said hundreds of thousands more people should have access to the weight-loss injection Mounjaro on the NHS in England, with a report saying only around 6% of eligible people would receive it in its first three years; NHS England said it was prioritising those who need it most and was determined to expand access. Safety investigators found that 10 of 11 randomly bought Halloween outfits failed to meet UK safety regulations, with issues including missing or incomplete labels and flammability. In Australia, a television reporter and a bystander rescued a man from a sinking vehicle in floodwater just before it was submerged.
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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex
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Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
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Will Murray, television reporter
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Philippine authorities confirmed they were investigating Thomas Markle over the allegations, and The Sun reported he was under investigation.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 0:00-0:15
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Reports alleged that child sexual abuse images or videos were found at Thomas Markle's former home in the Philippines.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 0:15-0:25
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Philippine authorities confirmed they were investigating Thomas Markle over the allegations, and The Sun reported he was under investigation.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 0:28-0:45
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Claim Meghan Markle responds to Thomas Markle abuse allegations
Meghan said she was distressed by reports of allegations against her father and had been told about them by police in 2018.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 0:59-1:11
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Claim Government launches Be Ready 72-hour supplies campaign
The government denied scaremongering over the emergency advice.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 4:51-5:01
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Claim Government launches Be Ready 72-hour supplies campaign
The government updated its emergency preparedness website with advice for households to be self-sufficient for three days, store 72 hours of bottled water and non-perishable food, and for eligible people to sign up to the priority services register, citing rising threats at home and abroad.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 5:55-6:02
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Claim Government announces £45m wildfire plan as PM hosts resilience summit
The summit was described as the first wildfire resilience summit, variously as England's first or the UK's first.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 6:54-7:04
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Claim Government announces £45m wildfire plan as PM hosts resilience summit
Military planes and Chinook helicopters are to be equipped for aerial wildfire fighting.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 7:01-7:09
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Claim Government launches Be Ready 72-hour supplies campaign
The Prime Minister was hosting the first UK wildfire resilience summit and announced that military aircraft and helicopters would be used to fight wildfires.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 7:01-7:09
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Claim Government announces £45m wildfire plan as PM hosts resilience summit
Record temperatures led to a record 1,350 wildfires across England and Wales that summer.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 8:06-8:15
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Contested quote MPs warn slow Mounjaro roll-out is creating two-tier access
A new report says more people like Emily should be able to access the medication and be given better help to beat obesity. The government needs to be so much more ambitious about its rollout of GLP-1s, as well as developing a pathway where, well, if that doesn't work, and by the way, it doesn't work for everybody,
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 10:01-10:05
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Claim MPs warn slow Mounjaro roll-out is creating two-tier access
MPs said NHS England was prescribing Mounjaro to very few eligible patients.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 10:13-10:21
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Charged quote MPs warn slow Mounjaro roll-out is creating two-tier access
that I can't prescribe it to, almost on a daily basis. NHS England says it's prioritising those who need them most and is determined to expand access. The report also points to a postcode lottery that fails those who need help most, arguing it comes down to luck, or in Emily's case, paying up for a healthier future.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 10:39-10:44
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Claim Trading Standards finds 10 of 11 Halloween costumes fail fire safety rules
Trading Standards found that 10 Halloween outfits in a sample failed UK safety regulations, with missing or incomplete labels and many dangerously flammable.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 11:50-12:02
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Claim TV reporter and bystander rescue driver from sinking car in Australia floods
A reporter and a bystander rescued a driver from a sinking vehicle before it submerged.
ITV, ITV Lunchtime News, 23 October 2026, 13:11-13:18
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