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Mary Nightingale speaks to ITV News Royal Editor Chris Ship on what it's like to cover the Royal Family, how the relationship between the media and royals including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has changed in the social media age - and what Chris says to those who question the value of reporting on the royals at all.Subscribe to Air Time to hear more from our correspondents and producers about the story behind the stories they cover, and what it takes behind the scenes to get their reports on air.#AirTimeITV

Mary Nightingale speaks to ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo, who reveals the story behind his interview with Islamic State member Shamima Begum at a camp in Syria, where he told her the British government had stripped her of her UK citizenship. Rohit also talks about the long journey and process involved in securing an interview with Jack Letts during the same trip to Syria. Letts, from Oxford, was nicknamed Jihadi Jack by the media after running away to Syria in 2014. Rohit and Mary also discuss the future of Islamic State and the threat it still poses despite the terror group losing the last of its territory in Syria.Subscribe to Air Time to hear more from our correspondents and producers about the story behind the stories they cover, and what it takes behind the scenes to get their reports on air.#AirTimeITV

The practice of county lines - where young children are groomed and exploited by organised crime groups who send them the length and breadth of the UK to carry drugs and money - is now well known, with police treating tackling it as a priority. But back in 2016, county lines was a little known phrase that hadn't hit the headlines - until an ITV News report by National Editor Allegra Stratton revealed it to a national audience. Allegra was given a leaked Home Office document which described it as a “new type of organised crime” that is “unreported”. In the following three years, Allegra has continued to report on the growing problem. In this episode, Allegra reveals how she first came to learn about county lines, and the encounters she's since had with victims and their parents.Subscribe to Air Time to hear more from our correspondents and producers about the story behind the stories they cover, and what it takes behind the scenes to get their reports on air.#AirTimeITV