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

The founder and principal of Scotland’s biggest ballet school, Gillian Barton, has been suspended with immediate effect.

Her suspension is relating to allegations from students that when they approached her with serious concerns, she dismissed them and failed to act in her role as principal.

Ballet West founder suspended from school with immediate effect

South Africa’s townships – in the Cape and across much of the country - have become fertile territory for coronavirus.

Hunger is a greater fear than coronavirus in South Africa's townships

Songs of an Unknown Tongue delves deeper, with tracks like Black Treasure confronting the exploitation of people by the British Empire. 

British Jazz artist's album on Jamaica’s history as an English colony

The unrest which engulfed Minneapolis in the wake of Floyd’ s death means that a lot of grocery stores in this part of town remain closed.

Minneapolis store near where George Floyd died calls for unity amid turmoil

"This is more than just promotion or a way to get your sales up. This is way more than that, this is people actually having to go to bed knowing that their children were killed, daughters and mothers, and nieces and sisters."

BLM: 'This is about people going to bed knowing their children were killed'

Shoppers hit the high street wearing masks in east London.

Face masks and social distancing have become flashpoints as the UK's shopping environment is transformed by anti-viral precautions, writes Chris Choi.

The shocking abuse faced by shop staff while enforcing social distancing

Joe Ringhoffer is squarely at odds with the wave of protests which has crashed across this country since the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis almost four months ago. 

Can America's southern states shake off their racist past?

Senator Kamala Harris has posted her first campaign video, recording the moment Joe Biden asked her to be her Vice President.

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