Soaked to the skin and some still wearing life jackets, many continue to attempt the Channel crossing hours after the death of 27. 

Why so many are willing to risk their lives just hours after Channel tragedy

At a critical moment in negotiations, with just 48 hours to go, the world’s two biggest polluters coming together to promise action is a definite boost.  

Cop26: US and China issue joint declaration on climate crisis fight

The countdown to the end of the COP26 climate conference is underway but the real business of deal making is not over.

The COP26 clock is ticking as negotiators battle to keep 1.5 alive

With a week to go until the summit ends, it seems unlikely that the UK will be able to gather enough pledges to put the world firmly on course for 1.5C. 

What would make COP26 a success?

Employees stands on part of the BP Etap platform (Eastern Trough Area Project) in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland, as David Cameron visited the oil and gas platform as the focus of the Scottish independence debate shifted to the future of North Sea production.  Andy Buchanan/PA


As the world moves towards an eco-conscious future, change is already happening in a city where tens of thousands of jobs rely on the oil and gas industry.

How Aberdeen, the oil capital of Europe, is adapting to a clean energy future

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The wife of a man who choked a woman to death during sex was inspired to speak out for others following the killing of Sarah Everard.

Wife of killer campaigning against justice system weighted against women

After struggling through lockdown many Irish people are seeking more freedoms with a life on the road.

Dreams of life on the road fuels booming camper van industry in Ireland

This year, violence against women and girls in the UK has been under the spotlight like never before. 

Why the home secretary is finally talking about sexual harassment

With Covid-related pupil absences growing, the impact of the pandemic on children has often felt all but forgotten, writes Rachel Younger.

'Our elderly have been protected but often our youngest have been forgotten'

Many cases don’t even reach court, nationally only around 3% of investigations result in charges, and even if cases do go to court, victims face a long wait.

What's going wrong with rape and sexual assault cases in the UK?

For any parent in England, it’s a shocking headline: sexual abuse and harassment is now so commonplace in schools that many children don’t bother to report it. 

Pupils see sexual harassment as 'normal' - are schools to blame?

"All adults to be offered booster jab" was the headline but how will it work and what does it mean for the already pressured health service. 

How will the booster rollout work and will the NHS cope under pressure?

The Duchess of Sussex hit out ferociously at the tabloid media after judges dismissed an appeal by Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).

Court privacy ruling allows Meghan Markle to condemn the British tabloid press 

The Conservatives are hoping to hold on to the seat, but is follows a turbulent period for the government with allegations of sleaze abound.

Are the Conservatives facing an upset in Old Bexley and Sidcup? 

“Jane”, who claims that as a child she was repeatedly sexually assaulted and trafficked by Maxwell and Epstein, is key to this case, writes Emma Murphy.

Witness accuses Ghislaine Maxwell of taking part in Jeffrey Epstein abuse

The home secretary will propose altering the wording of the policing bill to include domestic abuse and sexual violence as violent crime.

Policing Bill to change so officers treat sexual violence as seriously as murder

Prince Charles, who joined the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Sandra Mason, said it was a moment for the country to “survey a new horizon”.

Prince Charles acknowledges ‘atrocity of slavery’ as Barbados becomes a republic

ITV News Europe Editor James Mates visited an ICU in Prague where around 80% of the most seriously ill patients had chosen not to have the vaccine.

Inside an under pressure ICU as Covid rips through the Czech Republic

Ministers will promise to transform housing and invest in technology to help people to stay in their own homes for longer, ITV News understands.

Rachel Younger

ITV News Correspondent