ITV Weather Presenter Lucy Verasamy joins Lucy Watson to breakdown the different types of heat - where it comes from and how that changes what it feels like. 

Most importantly, will we get another heatwave before the end of summer?

The government has committed to giving 16 and 17 year olds the vote by the next general election.

But exclusive ITV News polling shows that half say they do not agree with the policy. They were also polled on their top issues, favoured parties and democracy itself.

Meanwhile, we have spoken to some older voters with a surprising suggestion for another change to electoral law.

Westminster Digital Reporter Lewis Denison and Senior Politics Producer Maya Bowles tell Daniel Hewitt what you need to know.

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have been jailed for 4 years and 3 months for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in 2023, in an act of "sheer bravado" according to the judge.

Tom Barton is ITV Tyne Tees' Northumberland correspondent and has followed this unforgettable story and trial every step of the way.

He joins Daniel Hewitt to breakdown how the damage they did and the impact their actions had led the judge to her decision.

Watch Tom's documentary Sycamore Gap: Britain's Lost Landmark: https://www.itv.com/watch/sycamore-gap-britains-lost-landmark/10a7138a0001B

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 Mission, tell Lucy Watson What You Need To Know.

You can watch Julie's investigation here.

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 Watson What You Need To Know.

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 is now 37, a wife to author and podcaster Christopher Robinson, and a mother of two children, Eureka and Echo, but still - as she puts it to ITV News' Lucy Watson - she is "forever branded the girl accused of murder."

Amanda Knox speaks to Lucy Watson for ITV News' What You Need To Know.

Full interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RlcpJ_2L3c0

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 who should and shouldn’t do the injections?

Faye Winter is an influencer and former Love Island contestant who has been open about her own damaging botox experience. She joins ITV News Digital Reporter Cree-Summer Haughton to tell Lucy Watson what you need to know.

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.


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