Pressure piles on British motorists as diesel leaps to record high - Watch Friday's ITV Evening News

The average price of a litre of diesel in the UK has passed £2 for the first time, the RAC said on Friday. A litre now costs an average of 200.01p, up from 199.79p on Thursday. Prices have risen steadily in recent weeks and reached a new record high on Monday, surpassing the previous peak set in June 2022 in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Also on the programme: Manchester City pleads its innocence and fights for its future and its reputation, as it lodges appeal over the "sham contracts" charges. Alison Hammond rushes off set, and is taken to hospital, after falling ill live on This Morning. And the adopted man who discovered, 60 years later, that his biological father is a very famous Grammy-award winning artist. --- • Subscribe to ITV News In Full on YouTube:    / @itvnewsinfull   • Get breaking news and more stories at: http://www.itv.com/news • Follow ITV News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en • Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews   • Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   • Follow ITV News on X:   / itvnewsitv   News In Full