What You Need To Know

Electric motorbikes, souped up to reach speeds of 50 and even 70mph are causing havoc in communities across the country. You might have seen them - tearing through towns, their riders often in balaclavas, riding illegally, two abreast. The police say they want to do more to stop them - so why can't they? Rhys Williams tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Millions of young children are being sexually abused, with perpetrators often on the other side of the world.  Online livestream abuse has become a booming global industry - with the UK the third largest consumer. How does this sick practice too often go undetected? And could AI be the solution to shutting it down? Julie Etchingham and John Tanagho, Executive Director at the International Justice...

How much do you think your personal information is worth to criminal gangs? Millions of customers details were stolen when Marks and Spencer was hacked in April, bringing much of its online business to a standstill for weeks. So how much damage has it done and who are DragonForce, the group the Marks and Spencer chairman said is believed to be behind it?  Consumer Editor Chris Choi tells Lucy Wats...

One month into the ban on disposable vapes, how much waste is being cut and what environmental impact is it actually having? The all-important refillable pods are in scarce supply, so is there a massive flaw in the rules? Digital Reporter Sam Leader tells Lucy Watson What You Need To Know.

Amanda Knox's every move has been scrutinized for nearly all of her adult life. The murder of Meredith Kercher and the subsequent arrest, trial, conviction, imprisonment, acquittal and release of Knox, then her retrial, second conviction, and ultimately her definitive exoneration by Italy’s Supreme Court in 2015 is a story that has made headlines around the world for almost twenty years.  Amanda i...

Ever heard of Baby Botox? The latest desirable injections. Their popularity is booming - young people, some still in their early 20s are buying into the promise of being unwrinkled for life. But behind the satisfying selfies lies a much darker truth: with many risking lasting damage to their faces by choosing cheap deals online. So what is driving the trend? How do you spot counterfeit botox? And...

It's been called a bigger scandal than thalidomide but one you may never have heard of. For decades women were taking an epilepsy drug during pregnancy, without being told it could harm their babies. How long were the dangers known about - and why weren't they told? ITV Meridian Social Affairs Correspondent Christine Alsford tells I'm Lucy Watson and this is What You Need to Know. --- For more of...

Hundreds of fake companies. Thousands of scams. An estimated billion euros swindled. But just one entity apparently behind it all. ITV News has helped uncover a global scamming network - targeting victims around the world - which appears to use ordinary suburban homes across the UK to hide their operation. Sam Holder and Daniel Boal tell Sally Biddulph What You Need To Know. 

When were you first offered drugs? Uni? Sixth form? Well, when it comes to Ketamine - children as young as 12 are getting hooked on the horse tranquilizer. Why are they taking it, how are they getting it and what's it doing to them? George Hancorn tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Stranded on the Antarctic ice, their ship sunk - how did Ernest Shackleton's crew survive for two years before being rescued? ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew is on his way to the scene of that mission impossible - more than a hundred years ago. And from penguins to chimpanzees - conservationist Jane Goodall tells us why what happens in Antarctica impacts all of us. Martin tells Lucy Wat...

A motorbike mechanic is working freely in London, despite being wanted for murder. Another man was working as a delivery driver despite being convicted of child rape. Both men are from Brazil and authorities there have requested and been denied their extraditions. So why have judges here ruled that would infringe their human rights? How many more alleged criminals are walking our streets, avoiding...

We're on Day six of a bitter new outburst of war in the Middle East. A direct confrontation between Israel and Iran emerging from a shadow war that's been going on for decades. Hundreds have been killed, with exchanges of missiles and evacuations from homes in both countries. The world has long worried about Iran's nuclear ambitions and Israel has seized its moment to end them. But with Iran now f...

A group of scientists are currently on journey to the end of the world in hope of finding answers about our planet's future. And our Science Correspondent Martin Stew is with them on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough. The only journalist on board in fact. This week he's spoken to prime ministers, witnessed whales and even spotted penguins, whose existence is under severe threat. He tells Lucy W...

If you use an energy meter, it could be about to stop working. Hundreds of thousands of homes have a form of metering that will be obsolete from the end of June. How can you check if you're affected? What happens if you are? And why are so many people fuming about it? Consumer Editor Chris Choi tells Lucy Watson what you need to know...

It's brazen, shocking and becoming more and more common.  From thefts in shops and supermarkets, to hardworking people's tools being stolen in broad daylight -- thefts by criminal gangs are on the rise.  Why is it getting worse? And what's being done to stop the perpetrators?  Antoine Allen tells Geraint Vincent what you need to know... You can watch Antoine's investigation into the organised gang...

Lucy Watson talks to our Science Correspondent Martin Stew in Antarctica as he joins a team of scientists on a vital research mission on the so-called Boaty McBoatface - or the Sir David Attenborough. Making history as the first British journalist to go this far south in polar winter, Martin describes the incredible, but also alarming, change unfolding around him. He also tells of the scientists’...

A year on from his father's death, Michael Mosley's son is aiming to continue his father's legacy.  Dr Jack Mosley says that skinny jabs are a "game changer" but warns of people using them as a quick fix, highlighting the associated risks.  Dr Jack tells Lucy Watson what you need to know. ----------------------------------------------- If you've been affected by the 'skinny jab black market', plea...

Imagine arriving at university to find your accommodation falling apart. This is becoming all too familiar with students using privately rented accommodation, which in some cases was recommended by their university.   ITV News has received complaints about substandard accommodation, which are being ignored or dismissed. Digital reporter Sam Leader tells Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt what you...

It's causing trouble across the UK's roads. Every night, as soon as it gets dark, flashy cars with loud exhausts, tinted windows and custom plates take to the streets across the nation.   Is it the adrenaline? Is it the thrill? ITV News understands that there are hundreds of street racing groups set up over encrypted social media sites like WhatsApp and Telegram. ITV Central reporter, Lewis Warner...

A funeral is meant to be a celebration of life, a time to reflect on lost loved ones. But mourners are becoming targets for scammers. ITV News has found hundreds of livestreaming funeral pages created by scammers on Facebook. Digital reporter George Hancorn and producer Olivia Mustafa tell Geraint Vincent what you need to know. ----------------------------------------------- If you've been affecte...

Love them or loathe them, parakeets are becoming familiar to more and more of us, with the exotic birds nesting in thousands of locations across the UK this spring. The UK population has almost doubled in the last ten years, so what does it mean for other wildlife and should the bright, long tailed birds even be returned to captivity? Chris Choi tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

On 29 July last year, three young girls were stabbed to death while attending a Taylor Swift dance class. Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were killed by Axel Rudakubana, who was jailed for a minimum of 52 years. A day after the attack, riots broke out on the streets of Southport and over the coming days spread right across the nation. The protests were fuelled b...

She was by Donald Trump's side throughout his first term, but recently we've seen precious little of the First Lady. Ex-White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower knows how first families handle power and is the author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which inspired the Netflix hit The Residence. Lucy Watson asks her about Melania's absence, whether it matters and...

How are some people using technology as a means to control their partners? Charities have warned that coercive control through technology is on the rise.  A woman from north Cumbria has anonymously spoken to ITV News about her experience, explaining how she first thought it was "sweet" and "loving" that her former partner wanted to know where she was all the time. However, she soon realised someth...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, a man who is without doubt one of the biggest names and cultural figures in the hip hop world. But his spotlight has shifted, from music, film and fashion to a New York court. Combs is charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. If he is convicted, he co...