The NHS Nightingale hospital has only treated 41 patients since opening, but could there be a new wave of patients? 

Why hasn’t the NHS Nightingale hospital taken off?

Corbyn claims Johnson’s "toxic Brexit trade deal with Trump could hand over £500 million a week of NHS money to big drugs corporations".

Could a post-Brexit trade deal with the US cost the NHS £500 million a week?

Theresa May told ITV News that she would be demanding that the Russian president hands over the Skripal suspects to face British justice.

May to tell Putin at G20 to 'hand over' Skripal suspects

Some letters calling for a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister have been sent to the chair of the 1922 committee. 

Calls for vote of confidence in Theresa May's leadership

The prime minister was bullish about her future as she started a three-day trade trip to China.

May: 'I’m not a quitter'

The fire killed 63 people on 30 October last year - but how did this tragedy bring down a government?

Romania: The fallout from the Bucharest nightclub fire

The numbers behind child health in England are frightening - no wonder the Prime Minister is being urged to act.

The shocking statistics behind calls for a 'sugar tax'

The Liberal Democrat leader tonight urged disaffected Labour MPs to defect to his party, saying his party is a 'credible' Tory alternative.

Lib Dem leader to disaffected Labour MPs: Join us

The latest ITV News/ComRes poll shows Labour are on course to win 44 out of 50 Tory-held seats giving them a three point lead. 

Poll: Labour ahead in key Tory-held battleground seats

Nigel Farage's party is trailing Labour in the challenge for Tory-held seats, an exclusive ComRes poll for ITV News has found.

Poll: Ukip trailing Labour in challenge for Tory seats

The NHS has become a key battleground for the political parties as election day moves ever closer. 


Conservatives and Labour battle it out with NHS pledges

"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.

Romilly Weeks

Political Correspondent

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