A survey carried out for ITV News has found most care homes are not opening of indoor visits, despite government advice allowing them to do so.

Exclusive: Majority of care homes won’t reopen to indoor visitors

A clear majority of the public say so-called gay 'conversion therapy' should be banned, according to a poll shared exclusively with ITV News.

Majority of public want gay 'conversion therapy' banned

Gay conversion therapy is described as a 'cruel practice'. In July 2019  ITV News recorded a pastor calling on the Holy Spirit to 'push something else out' of our undercover reporter.

Religious leaders have written to the Equalities Minister calling for the government to deliver its promised ban on so-called gay 'conversion therapy'.

Religious leaders press minister to ban conversion therapy amid possible delay

Due to the pressures on families during lockdown, a rise in abuse and neglect has led to soaring demand for children’s homes.


Exclusive: 50% rise in children referred to care during coronavirus pandemic

Families say relatives passed away with symptoms of Covid-19, without the virus ever being recorded as a cause of death.

Thousands more may have died with Covid-19 without being diagnosed, data reveals

We've finally obtained data on hospital discharges into care homes in England, which Care England claims spread coronavirus.

Tens of thousands discharged into care homes before routine testing in England

Data shows NHS and councils block booked beds in care homes to ensure they were ready to deal with a surge in patients coming from hospital.

ITV News reveals plans to discharge Covid-19 patients into care homes

Political Correspondent Paul Brand draws together all of our reporting over the past two months to assess what went wrong.

Covid-19 deaths in care homes top 10,000 – but how did they happen?

Care homes are facing extra financial pressures due to Covid-19, including increased staffing costs and PPE.

'Desperate' care homes plea with council for 'immediate financial support'

ITV News can reveal what is believed to be the first care home to be closing due to Covid-19.

ITV News reveals first care home closing due to coronavirus

Any man who has had sex with another man within the past three months is excluded from donating their plasma, ITV News reveals.

Gay and bisexual men to be excluded from Covid-19 plasma trial

"Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous through its negative effects on health," experts have warned.

Russia's coronavirus vaccine may lead to 'dangerous' Cold War-style race

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers. Her aunts condemn the criminal justice system for its "corruption, incompetence and racism".

Breonna Taylor's aunts on their wait for justice: 'I don't think they care'

If he wins in November - which the polls predict - then Biden will be (by some distance) the oldest President ever elected.  

The big decision for Biden looms - and this time it matters

At three-years-old, Alexandra Naggear is one of the youngest victims of the Beirut explosion that has killed at least 160 people and injured about 6,000 others.

Parents of three-year-old Beirut blast victim speak out

The Job Retention Scheme, which has subsidised the incomes of six million people across the UK, is set to end in October which will reveal the full extent of the crisis.

A journey through the economy in a time of Covid: Tales of hardship and hope

Preston has been included in additional lockdown restrictions that apply to parts of East Lancashire, Greater Manchester and parts of West Yorkshire from midnight.

Preston to set up own test and trace system as city re-enters lockdown

If the Bank’s central forecast is right, around a million people will find themselves out of work in the run up to Christmas.

Bank of England Governor says furlough scheme must end

Igor Grechushkin, the owner of the cargo ship that brought the explosive materials to Beirut in 2014, was questioned by Cypriot police after a request by Interpol.

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