Survivors of sexual exploitation have spoken out about their experiences of violence and abuse amid calls for a change in law to protect vulnerable adults.

Exclusive access with the Met’s specialist unit tackling soaring levels of knife crime, amid fears of more violence as lockdown restrictions are eased.

Rosamund Kissi-Debrah made history this week. Her seven-year fight has ensured the deadly impact of car fumes and dirty air is no longer seen as a throwaway statistic, but has a human face and name.

An NBC News analysis of satellite imagery captured by the European Space Agency shows areas where trees were recently taken down.

A visual investigation by NBC News pulls together the evidence to reveal what we know — and what we don't — about how a botched police raid left Breonna Taylor dead, her partner accused of attempted murder of a police officer and America up in arms.

Thousands of victims of sexual violence are being denied specialist counselling as services struggle to cope with funding shortages and unprecedented demand. Rape Crisis has told ITV News that its centres are “living hand to mouth” and regularly having to suspend waiting lists due to the sheer number of people seeking help.

Cocaine Addicts Anonymous, unsurprisingly, do not let film crews into their meetings. But this past Saturday night, one group made an exception for ITV News to highlight a route out of cocaine addiction. The nine people gathered in this small room in east London came from different walks of life; the young and the old; current users and those now clean; some holding down jobs and others recently out of rehab.

Steve Mallen can still vividly recall the Monday afternoon when two police officers knocked on his front door and told him that his son Edward had killed himself. "It was like someone had opened the front door and thrown a hand grenade in the house, maiming everyone inside irrevocably," he says.

Ashen-faced and teary-eyed they stood, still struggling to comprehend what had happened to their city. Many waited patiently in the blistering heat to add to the mountain of flowers, teddy bears, balloons and cards that have transformed St Ann's Square into a shrine to those who went to a pop concert and never came home.

Ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration, ITV News has travelled across the US to find out Americans' hopes and fears of a Donald Trump presidency. Gary, Indiana is a cautionary tale for Americans placing their absolute faith in the man about to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Donald Trump vowed to make the down-on-its-luck former steel city great again during his bid to win one of two casino licences in 1994.

The brutality of the Assad regime and Russian aggression are to blame for the atrocities in eastern Aleppo - not American inaction, a senior US State Department official has told ITV News.

ITV News witnessed the arrival of more than 1,000 refugees and migrants on a single day on the Greek island of Lesbos. At least 30 boats - each carrying around 50 people - came ashore on Monday, leaving aid agencies and volunteers overwhelmed by the sheer volume of arrivals.