ITV News: Breaking stories
National & Regional coverage
Free
2.45.2for iPhone, iPad and more
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About ITV News: Breaking stories
Discover the latest breaking news and current affairs from across the country with the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster.
Our network of trusted, award-winning journalists are positioned around the globe covering news that matters.
This app is constantly updated with politics, business, regional, technology, health and royal stories.
Key features:
• Breaking news - be the first to know when big news happens
• Constant live coverage of news, delivered as it happens using the best video and pictures
• Regional news - top headlines from around the UK
• News clips - watch your favourite programme reports again in articles
• Podcasts - listen to our best talent explain the story behind the headlines
• Blogs - read directly what our informed journalists have to say
• US - follow the politics and people who make news
• Youth News - follow our youth news service The Rundown
Our network of trusted, award-winning journalists are positioned around the globe covering news that matters.
This app is constantly updated with politics, business, regional, technology, health and royal stories.
Key features:
• Breaking news - be the first to know when big news happens
• Constant live coverage of news, delivered as it happens using the best video and pictures
• Regional news - top headlines from around the UK
• News clips - watch your favourite programme reports again in articles
• Podcasts - listen to our best talent explain the story behind the headlines
• Blogs - read directly what our informed journalists have to say
• US - follow the politics and people who make news
• Youth News - follow our youth news service The Rundown
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.45.2
Last updated on Apr 1, 2024
Old Versions
Bug fixes:
- Fix crashes occurring in the app
- Fix crashes occurring in the app
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Version History
2.45.2
Apr 1, 2024
Bug fixes:
- Fix crashes occurring in the app
- Fix crashes occurring in the app
2.45.1
Mar 18, 2024
Bug fixes:
- Fix bug where bullet point lists were not displayed in articles
- Fix bug where bullet point lists were not displayed in articles
2.44.4
Jan 11, 2024
Bug fixes:
- Fix bug where all paragraphs that started with a hyperlink were disappearing.
- Fix bug where all paragraphs that started with a hyperlink were disappearing.
2.44.3
Nov 2, 2023
- Fixed issue where local news section was displaying old stories
2.44.0
Sep 18, 2023
- Moved the From Your Journalists section higher up on the homepage
- Enhanced the overall performance and reliability of the app
- Enhanced the overall performance and reliability of the app
2.43.4
Feb 20, 2023
- Resolves issue where thumbnails were sometimes missing within articles
- Resolves issue with the share functionality within articles
- Resolves issue with the share functionality within articles
2.43.3
Feb 1, 2023
- Font update
- Resolves spacing issues within articles
- Resolves spacing issues within articles
2.42.0
Jun 22, 2022
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes issue with podcast player controls
- Fixes issue with podcast player controls
2.41.1
May 16, 2022
Features
* Landscape mode for landscape is now available.
Bug Fixes
* Fixes a bug where the author screen was not showing on popular or regional screens
* Fixes scroll issues when scrolling up from the bottom of an article
* Landscape mode for landscape is now available.
Bug Fixes
* Fixes a bug where the author screen was not showing on popular or regional screens
* Fixes scroll issues when scrolling up from the bottom of an article
2.40.7
Apr 8, 2022
Bug Fixes
* Fixes crash when rotating screen during video playback
* Fixes crash when rotating screen during video playback
2.40.5
Mar 28, 2022
Bug Fixes
* Fixes an issue that resulted in the wrong podcast image showing
* Fixes issue with the play controls when listening to a podcast with the device locked
* Fixes an issue that resulted in the wrong podcast image showing
* Fixes issue with the play controls when listening to a podcast with the device locked
2.39.3
Jan 31, 2022
Bug Fixes
- Removes empty paragraphs from the article body
- Fixes notification issue where podcasts could not be skipped
- Prevents podcasts from playing at the same time as videos
- Removes empty paragraphs from the article body
- Fixes notification issue where podcasts could not be skipped
- Prevents podcasts from playing at the same time as videos
2.39.0
Dec 9, 2021
Features
- Introduction of journalist pages
- From our Journalists section added to the homepage
- Introduction of tile links within articles
- Introduction of a new podcast player, with an additional feature set.
Bug Fixes
- Remove right margin from the last item in the row in tile lists
- Ages for top stories in the article footer will hide when older than 4 hours
- Podcast scrolling issue now fixed
- Introduction of journalist pages
- From our Journalists section added to the homepage
- Introduction of tile links within articles
- Introduction of a new podcast player, with an additional feature set.
Bug Fixes
- Remove right margin from the last item in the row in tile lists
- Ages for top stories in the article footer will hide when older than 4 hours
- Podcast scrolling issue now fixed
2.35.4
Sep 21, 2021
Features
- Most popular section is reformatted to a numbered list
- Featured tile now included in article Top Stories
- New Author Focus tile
- New in-article image links
Fixes
- Age font size in thumbnails
- Shelf headers case issue
- Full Image width issues
- Pull down to refresh issue
- Most popular section is reformatted to a numbered list
- Featured tile now included in article Top Stories
- New Author Focus tile
- New in-article image links
Fixes
- Age font size in thumbnails
- Shelf headers case issue
- Full Image width issues
- Pull down to refresh issue
2.30.2
Aug 11, 2021
Features
- Introduction of new media type thumbnails
Bug Fixes
- Corrected font sizes, kerning and chevron spacing of the accordion text
- Fixed spacing issues with paragraphs and bullets in accordions
- Resolved an issue that resulted in pollen forecast articles not opening
- Fixed font issues on in article text links
- Introduction of new media type thumbnails
Bug Fixes
- Corrected font sizes, kerning and chevron spacing of the accordion text
- Fixed spacing issues with paragraphs and bullets in accordions
- Resolved an issue that resulted in pollen forecast articles not opening
- Fixed font issues on in article text links
2.27.2
Jul 19, 2021
- “LIVE” content flags to alert you to live streaming news content
- Content labels to highlight exclusive, explainer, breaking and insight articles
- User experience improvements to optimise video thumbnails and video play buttons
- Various bug fixes and improvements
- Content labels to highlight exclusive, explainer, breaking and insight articles
- User experience improvements to optimise video thumbnails and video play buttons
- Various bug fixes and improvements
2.24.1
Jun 16, 2021
Features
- Adds future support for accordions
- Shows partial rows on iPad
- Removes summary and bullet points on the lead story
Fixes
- Play icon showing in offline mode on vertical tiles
- Play icons sometimes flashed
- Offline media component sometimes flashed briefly when online
- Adds future support for accordions
- Shows partial rows on iPad
- Removes summary and bullet points on the lead story
Fixes
- Play icon showing in offline mode on vertical tiles
- Play icons sometimes flashed
- Offline media component sometimes flashed briefly when online
2.22.3
May 10, 2021
ITV News App Update:
Features
- Breaking News labels
- Article Age updates
- In-article text links and grouped text links
Fixes
- Videos not playing sound in silent mode
- Regional articles now feature regional top stories
- Screenreader improvements for the popular and your area screens
Features
- Breaking News labels
- Article Age updates
- In-article text links and grouped text links
Fixes
- Videos not playing sound in silent mode
- Regional articles now feature regional top stories
- Screenreader improvements for the popular and your area screens
2.17.2
Mar 18, 2021
ITV News App Update:
- Article refresh fix
- Article refresh fix
2.17.1
Mar 8, 2021
ITV News App Update:
- Introduced an offline mode
- Automatic News refresh
- Continue reading more from ITV News with "related articles"
- Updated location matching for "Your Area"
- Video playback improvements
- Launch screen fix
- Introduced an offline mode
- Automatic News refresh
- Continue reading more from ITV News with "related articles"
- Updated location matching for "Your Area"
- Video playback improvements
- Launch screen fix
2.16.2
Mar 3, 2021
ITV News App Update:
- Introduced an offline mode
- Automatic News refresh
- Continue reading more from ITV News with "related articles"
- Updated location matching for "Your Area"
- Launch screen fix
- Introduced an offline mode
- Automatic News refresh
- Continue reading more from ITV News with "related articles"
- Updated location matching for "Your Area"
- Launch screen fix
2.13.1
Dec 7, 2020
ITV News App Update:
- Added shelves to Your Area
- Added top stories and popular to articles
- Minor performance and UI improvements
- Added shelves to Your Area
- Added top stories and popular to articles
- Minor performance and UI improvements
2.9.8
Nov 3, 2020
ITV News App Update:
- Update Instagram embed
- Update to latest Crashlytics SDK
- Update Instagram embed
- Update to latest Crashlytics SDK
2.9.3
Sep 14, 2020
- Improved Set Location experience
- Removed National tag from articles
- Several minor fixes in articles
- Removed National tag from articles
- Several minor fixes in articles
2.8.0
Aug 18, 2020
- Article social sharing
ITV News: Breaking stories FAQ
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iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
ITV News: Breaking stories supports English
