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In this episode of From The North Mel Barham is asking should suicide prevention be taught in schools? It follows the high proflie campaign by Three Dads Walking - three bereaved fathers who are trying to get the school curriculum changed to make suicide awareness lessons a compulsory part of our children's education. We hear from the dads themselves, as well as asking both teachers and pupils whether its something they want. We also hear from other bereaved families about what difference they think it could have made to their loved ones, and whether the medical profession agree.

In this episode Anna Youssef take a look at why guns and gangs are such a big problem on Merseyside, and what’s being done to stop young people getting involved in organised crime.

In this episode, ITV Granada Reports Correspondent Andy Bonner talks about the new ITV drama Anne. It tells the incredible story of Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams who spent decades trying to overturn a verdict that her son Kevin's death was an accident.

In this episode Elaine Willcox takes a look again at the issue of women's safety, and asks was the death of Sarah Everard a watershed moment and has anything has actually changed in the nine months following? Following Sarah's death in March 2021 a Home Office report revealed 'there's an epidemic of violence against women' - but what is being, and what can be, done?

In this episode Mel Barham catches up with Mike Palmer - one third of 3 Dads walking - as he talks about his amazing walk raising awareness of young suicide. Mike lost his daughter Beth to suicide last year and, after teaming up with the other bereaved dads, walked 300 miles from each of their homes raising money for the suicide prevention charity Papyrus. Mel also chats to Mike about his newest hope - to get suicide prevention and awareness on to the national curriculum.

Meet the Cheshire man who's saved 16 lives, but is still waiting for someone to save his. As part of Blood cancer awareness month, Pete McCleave talks to Mel Barham about his race to get more people on the stem cell donor register.

The North West has the highest levels of child self harm in the country - with those figures tripling in the past decade, and a 600% increase in the 9-12 year old age group. So what can be done to help? Mel Barham speaks to an incredibly brave 13 year old about her experiences, and a Liverpool charity Open Door, which is doing things a bit differently in a bid to help and reduce waiting lists for those who need help.

Four years has passed since the Manchester Arena terror attack, and after a damning report revealed lives might have been saved if security had done a better job Amy Welch investigates if anything has actually improved, and whether young people feel any safer when they go out. She is joined by two people who were badly injured in the bombing which killed 22, and speaks to a former Counter Terrorism UK National co-ordinator who gives his own take on what needs to be done to make us all feel safe this summer.

Join Granada Reports sports correspondents David Chisnall, Chris Hall and Mike Hall as they discuss their favourite Olympic memories and hear from five of the athletes they tip for a place on the podium in Tokyo.

Journalist and author Natalie Morris joins Ann O'Connor to talk about her experiences of what it is like to be someone of mixed heritage in Britain. Using her own stories, as well as interviews from other people of a variety of mixed heritages and ages, Natalie hopes to dismantle the stereotypes and amplify the voices of mixed Britons today.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people in the North West who are forced to hide their gender identity at work fearing prejudice or abuse. Ashleigh Talbot felt she had to quit her job to safely transition before re-entering the workforce in a new role. That was 10 years ago but the abuse continues. She spoke to Sarah Rogers about her experiences.

In this episode we are discussing what it's like to live in an apartment you've been told isn't safe and you can't move or sell. Ever since the Grenfell Tower fire four years ago exposed the dangers of flammable cladding, we've spoken to countless people in the North West whose properties are considered dangerous and they face bills of tens of thousands of pounds. Elaine Willcox has been talking to two people in different properties, one's had work done, the other's still waiting, but both aren't safe and they're trapped.

Two of Manchester City's biggest and most well known fans, music legend Johnny Marr, who shot to fame in legendary Manchester band The Smiths, and Dennis Tueart, who was a cult hero at Maine Road in the 1970s before becoming a director at the club are not only great friends, but also next door neighbours. Sports Correspondent Mike Hall joined them for a brew.

On this episode of From the North ITV’s Elaine Willcox takes a look at women's safety, and whether this is a watershed moment for our towns and cities in the north following the tragic death of Sarah Everard in London.

On this episode of From the North ITV’s Elaine Willcox is joined by Dr Rachel Century, Head of Research at the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Noemie Lopian, the daughter of Holocaust survivors Dr Ernst Israel Bornstein and Renee Bornstein, to discuss why it is so important we continue to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

On Friday November the 13th one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, Peter Sutcliffe, died in hospital in Durham. He was 74. He’d been admitted from Frankland Jail where only days earlier he tested positive for Coronavirus. From 1975 to 1980 he single-handedly brought panic and terror to the streets of Northern England, murdering thirteen women and attempting to kill seven others, while continuing to work as a lorry driver in Bradford . He was named by the Press as the “Yorkshire Ripper”. ITV Calendar presenter Christine Talbot reflects on the reaction to his death from relatives of his victims, those who survived his attacks, the police officers who tried to catch him and women who took to the streets in protest .

As pubs of Lancashire and Liverpool City Region are forced to close under Tier 3 restrictions - the Government’s new system cracks down first on the North. But as the stand-off over Greater Manchester continues into the weekend - what’s the impact for the North East and Yorkshire, and the wider lockdown strategy? Join presenter and ITV Granada Reports Political Correspondent Hannah Miller, along with ITV Tyne Tees & Border Political Correspondent Tom Sheldrick, and ITV Calendar's Political Correspondent Harry Horton as they discuss a system that the Government said was meant to simplify and streamline, but is already causing conflict and confusion.

A survey commissioned by ITV News has found that 67% of people living in northern England say they are not confident that the Government will deliver on its promise to 'level up' the underperforming areas of the economy where they live. The Government say they're putting their full force into levelling up, but longstanding inequalities have been highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic.  Join presenter and ITV Granada Reports Political Correspondent Hannah Miller, along with ITV Tyne Tees & Border Political Correspondent Tom Sheldrick, and ITV Calendar's Political Correspondent Harry Horton as they ask just what the Government is doing, and will levelling up ever really happen?

In this episode of From The North, we look at the Black Lives Matter protests which are being held across the country and beyond. They follow the death of George Floyd, a black man restrained by a white police officer in the US. Campaigners stress that although the incident happened on the other side of the Atlantic it again highlights issues of racism every day closer to home. ITV’s Tony Morris asks what these protests mean to those involved and can this momentum be capitalised on to bring about real change? He is joined by protestor Reece Williams, race and equality researcher Rachel C. Boyle and Faye Bruce from the Caribbean and African Health Network.

In this episode of From The North, we look at how our football clubs could be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Most sporting events are cancelled and the football season delayed, but with some clubs already on the brink of financial collapse will...