Had an amazing time at @forwardsbristol.bsky.social - prefect way to see off the summer as the end of festival season approaches.

Barry Can’t Swim and Orbital were the highlights 👌🏼

Have you started noticing fewer bug splats on your car windscreen than in decades gone by?

Is it a concerning sign of a serious decline in insect numbers?

Catch my report on @itvanglia.bsky.social, @itvcentral.bsky.social, ITV Meridian, @itvtynetees.bsky.social, ITV Westcountry & ITV Calendar...

Disposable vapes in England & Wales will be illegal to sell from Sunday.

Polling suggests users have been stockpiling and 1/3 may even turn to the black market post-ban.

More on @itvanglia.bsky.social, itvcalendar, @itvcentral.bsky.social, itvmeridian, @itvtynetees.bsky.social & itvwestcountry.

More than a third of UK households now drink plant-based milk and oat milk now dominates half of this market, with a big boost for British crop farmers.

Catch my report on @itvanglia.bsky.social @itvcalendar @itvcentral.bsky.social @itvmeridian @itvtynetees.bsky.social & @itvwestcountry at 6 ... 🌾🥛

Should more parents be supported in walking their children to school?

Less than 1/2 now arrive by foot. That drops to 1/4 in rural areas.

Back in 1974 3/4 children walked to school.

Hope you caught my report earlier tonight on the
@itvnews.bsky.social regional programmes ... 🏫🚶‍♀️🚶🚶‍♂️

7% of students have experienced homelessness during their degree according to a recent survey by charity SaveTheStudent.

As rent in many areas of the country far exceeds the normal maintenance loan.

Catch my report across the @itvnews.bsky.social regional network at 6pm ...

The Warwickshire Hunt Ltd was acquitted of the same charge during the same trail

But this is the first time a member of this hunt has been convicted of breaking the laws u
nder the Hunting Act 2004.

The incident in Oct 2023 was all filmed by a hunt saboteur monitoring the hunt.

It's been ten years since drug driving became a specific offence.

But some police forces say it is now more common than drink driving.

Catch my report on @itvanglia.bsky.social @itvcentral.bsky.social @itvtynetees.bsky.social, ITV Calendar, ITV Merdian & ITV Westcountry at 18:00 this evening.

I joined the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs observing a hunt in Warwickshire in November and witnessed a fox being chased through a village by hounds.

The sabs intervened to ensure the hounds were put off the foxes scent.

The hunt involved claims the hounds had "strayed during an exercise".

It's just two weeks to go until the 7th Invictus Games, hosted in Vancouver & Whistler.

The event is including both summer and winter sports for the first time, many competitors have overcome horrific injury or personal trauma.

Catch my report across the @itvnews.bsky.social regional programmes.

Can drones be used to fight wildfires?

I've been given exclusive access to Windracers testing their autonomous air vehicle to track and drop water or suppressant on flames.

Catch my report on across the ITV regional news programmes at 18:00 ...

I've been investigating the rise of the retro gaming market for @itvnews.bsky.social - it turns out some copies of iconic titles are selling for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of £££!

Maybe it's a sign that the skill and complexity involved in game design is recognised as a true art form.

Would you agree to share a grave plot with a stranger who died 75 or 100-years-ago?

There are proposals to re-use old burial sites in cemeteries as we are running out of space to lay people to rest.

It's one of several revisions to burial and cremation law outlined by the Law Commission ...