Have you seen Netflix's Adolescence?

It's a chilling, thrilling new four-part drama about a young boy accused of a horrific crime. It's had rave reviews and started tough conversations. But can it lead to actual change?

Stephen Graham, one of its stars and co-writers, certainly hopes so and our Arts Editor Nina Nannar has met him.

She tells Mary Nightingale what you need to know.

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Nina Nannar's full interview with Stephen Graham and Adolescence director Philip Barantini on ITV News's Unscripted Podcast - https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-16/stephen-graham-and-adolescence-a-pandemic-of-knife-crime-in-our-country

Nicholas Prosper has been jailed for a minimum of 49 years for murdering his mum Juliana Falcon, sister Giselle Prosper and brother Kyle Prosper.

But the day could have been unimaginably more deadly.

The Luton teenager had planned to carry out the largest school shooting in UK history.

So what inspired him, what stopped him and what must be done to prevent such horror again?

ITV Anglia's Rosie Dowsing tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Almost a fortnight after ITV News first reported it, the government has now laid out the biggest shake up of the benefits system in a decade.

It wants to get more people, with and without disabilities, in work. It says the changes will save £5n in the next five years

But who will be affected and how badly?

ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana tells Lucy Watson what you need to know...

Across the country, men are being hospitalised and dying after using drugs to enhance sex.

Despite this, it's being called a silent crisis - it's not being talked about and the NHS hasn't gathered much data on it.

It's called chemsex - but why is so little known about it?

Sam Leader and social psychologist Marc Svensson tell I'm Lucy Watson and this is what you need to know.

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Sam's full report: https://www.itv.com/news/2025-03-11/a-silent-crisis-chemsex-drugs-claiming-lgbt-lives-yet-few-are-listening

Marc's organisation You Are Loved: https://www.youare-loved.com/

When did you last change your hot water bottle? Have you ever done it?

They don't last forever but its unclear HOW long you can safely use it.

And with soaring heating bills leading to huge sales, ITV News has learned the confusion is leading to serious injuries.

Consumer editor Chris Choi and producer Sylvia Kuczynska tell Lucy Watson what you need to know.

Non-stop nausea, vomiting and weight loss - why wasn’t Jess Cronshaw’s extreme pregnancy sickness picked up before it was too late?

It led to Jess taking her own life and now her mum’s demanding action.

And 13 years after Princess Kate brought the sickness to worldwide attention - why are the signs still being missed?

Cari Davies tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

For more information and support:

https://pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

 

It was the death Jessica Lantz wanted - falling asleep at home, next to her soulmate in front of their all-time favourite movie. It was also completely legal. 

Now the laws that allowed Jessica to die in America are guiding those who are looking to make assisted dying part of life in England and Wales. But are the safeguards really that safe?

Paul Brand and Nathan Lee met Jessica days before her death. They tell Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know…

A whistleblower tells us he feels "guilty" about the huge bonuses he got by making car buyers pay thousands more in interest. But an industry boss questions whether there even is a scandal.

So what has been happening with car financing? And who could get compensation? ITV News Consumer Editor Chris Choi tells Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know...

Eating out of a bin, being shouted at and having to wake sleeping staff.

A mother knew her son’s care home wasn’t right and her secret filming confirmed her fears.

ITV News has learned he was far from alone. Daniel Hewitt and Isabel Alderson-Blench tell Lucy Watson what you need to know...

Imagine being unable to eat anything but a few specific foods and worse still, not being believed.

The NHS has recognised the eating disorder ARFID for more than a decade - yet treatment is still very hard to get, despite fatal warnings.

So what is Arfid and why are sufferers struggling to get help?

ITV Central's Social Affairs Correspondent Lucy Kapasi tells Lucy Watson what you need to know...

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For more information about Arfid visit Beat's website: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ 
and Arfid Awareness UK's website: https://www.arfidawarenessuk.org/

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You can see more of Lucy's reporting on ARFID here: https://www.itv.com/news/search?q=arfid