It’s every parent’s nightmare: your child goes off on a school trip abroad and never comes home again.

It became the tragic reality for Tony and Brenda Lawson when their daughter Jessica drowned in southern France in 2015.

Now a French court has decided her teachers were not to blame.

So why did the ruling take seven years and where does it leave her family’s search for answers?

Ian Woods, recently returned from the trial in the Central Massif region in southern France, tells Faye Barker what you need to know…

MPs at war, a major u-turn and her key speech hit by protesters; it’s hard to imagine a worse first party conference for a prime minister.

So where does Liz Truss go from here? How damaging could the new battles over benefits get?

And could her days really, already, be numbered?

Political Editor Robert Peston tells Romilly Weeks what you need to know at the end of a quite extraordinary Conservative Party Conference.

Liz Truss pledged to kick start the UK economy.

Instead her chancellor’s tax-slashing measures have seen it get an absolute kicking, with a plummeting pound, a major bailout by the Bank and a fresh mortgage crisis.

So as she prepares to face the wrath of the people who put her in power, will the threat of electoral disaster force her to change plans?

From Westminster, Political Correspondent Libby Wiener tells Shehab Khan what you need to know…

The government has lost control of the economy.

So says Sir Keir Starmer.

So what’s he proposing to do to regain control?

And after his big pitch to be prime minister at party conference, has he done enough to convince voters outside the party faithful to put their trust in Labour at the next election?

From the Labour conference in Liverpool, Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana tells Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen what you need to know, before she puts the burning questions of the day to the Labour leader.

The biggest swathe of tax cuts in 50 years is the new government’s bold first step to solving Britain’s economic crisis.

It backfired back in 1972 - so why is the new chancellor so confident history won’t repeat itself?

And what could happen if he’s wrong?

From Westminster, our Political Reporter Shehab Khan tells Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know…

After Ukraine's startling counteroffensive in the war with Russia we now have an emphatic response from the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two and threatened nuclear retaliation, insisting: “I’m not bluffing.”

So is he or not? And how will the West react?


Tom Bradby finds out what you need to know from John Ray, our correspondent in Ukraine and only a few miles from the Russia border, and our resident Russia expert Emma Burrows.

Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham guide you through the key events as the Royal Family, members of the British public and leaders of the world gathered to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II at her State Funeral.

This special podcast condenses the key moments, along with reaction and expert analysis, across ITV News's extended broadcast during the most historic of days.

It begins with Royal Editor Chris Ship's reflections on the outpouring of grief for Her Majesty outside Buckingham Palace and takes listeners all the way through to the final public ceremony where the Queen's coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault of St George's Chapel.

The Queen has been handed to the care of the nation for a period of lying in state.

In a symbol of family unity, Prince William and Prince Harry walked side by side behind the Queen's coffin as it left Buckingham Palace. Along with King Charles and other members of the Royal Family, they processed to Westminster Hall where the Queen will lie in state until Monday.

In this podcast, ITV News' Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham take you through the key moments of Wednesday's procession to Westminster Hall.

Thousands of people have taken their spots in the queue as they prepare to pay their last respects to the Queen. People could be waiting for more than 30 hours in the line that has the capacity to stretch back 10 miles.

King Charles III has paid tribute to his "darling mama" and praised her as an "inspiration" and "example to me and all my family" in his first address to the nation.

This podcast replays the speech in full, before Tom Bradby gets instant analysis from our Royal Editor Chris Ship.

The new monarch confirmed his son the Duke of Cambridge and Cornwall would inherit his former title of the Prince of Wales.

The King, who acceded to the throne immediately on the death of his 96-year-old mother in Balmoral on Thursday, got a very warm welcome from the crowd gathered outside the royal residency for the first time earlier in the day.

The nation has begun a period of mourning to mark the death of Her Majesty The Queen at 96.

Tom Bradby leads special coverage to bring you what you need to know on the events ahead and the tributes being paid to the late monarch.

The podcast tracks the movement of the royals, outlines the stages of mourning and the changes to public life as King Charles III assumes the throne.