Fred Dimbleby
@freddimbleby
Reporter @itvnews
EXCL: Tomorrow’s sentencing review will recommend scrapping ALL prison sentences of less than 12 months, except in exceptional circumstances. More tagging, more community sentences instead. Report author David Gauke spoke to us first. itv.com/news/2025-05-2…
Asked Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene about the Signal group chat fiasco. Her response: "We don't give a crap about your opinion or your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem." news.sky.com/video/share-13…
Very touched to have won silver for ‘Journalist of the Year’ at the ITV News Awards Excellent colleagues made for a tough category

Statement from Air India says that 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals were on flight AI171 that crashed shortly after take-off
Air India confirms that flight AI171, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after take-off. The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are…
48 hours on and he’s back
Over the last 24 hours I have received a huge number of lovely and heartfelt messages from people who have expressed their dismay at my resignation, urging me to reconsider. After 11 months of working as a volunteer to build a political party from scratch, with barely a single…
Farage responds - this kind of messiness has hurt his previous parties
I am genuinely sorry that Zia Yusuf has decided to stand down as Reform UK Chairman. As I said just last week, he was a huge factor in our success on May 1st and is an enormously talented person. Politics can be a highly pressured and difficult game and Zia has clearly had…
A sign of Reform’s internal difficulties as its chairman resigns. The man tasked with professionalising the party saying getting it into government is not worth his time
11 months ago I became Chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30%, quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results. I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and…
What is the impact of all this market turmoil? Well AJ Bell have crunched the number for @itvnews to look at how typical pensions of different risk profiles might have performed. 'High’ risk - down 5.9%, ‘Medium’ risk - down 3.8%, ‘Low’ risk - down 1.9%
I’m at an eerily quiet Heathrow this morning where planes are grounded, the runway is empty, and travel plans are in disarray My report with @lucrezianews for ITVX itv.com/watch/news/tho…
The National Crime Agency has issued a warning about Nigerian ‘sextortion’ gangs targeting young boys My report on @itvnews this lunchtime
A fascinating chat with @James1940 about the life of John Hemingway and the role played by the few youtu.be/CRhIX2bJIiM?si…
My live on @itvnews News at Ten tonight to talk about the public Reform UK spat