Household mixing banned in parts of northern England in virus crackdown

Hancock announces new lockdown measures in the North

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that from midnight tonight, people in Greater Manchester, parts of West Yorkshire and East Lancashire who live in different households will be banned from meeting indoors. Report by Browna. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Jimmy Anderson: English cricket needs to do more to improve racial equality

England and Lancashire's Jimmy Anderson says cricket in England needs to do better at improving diversity in the game. Anderson was speaking following the UK-wide Black Lives Matter protests which are calling for more racial equality in the country.

Sand artists highlight need for social distancing

Artists from West Yorkshire-based Sand In Your Eye create a massive sand drawing on the beach at Whitby, North Yorkshire, to highlight the importance of social distancing. Interview with artist Jamie Wardley.

Carer who lost leg to blood clots reveals she could still feel herself wiggling phantom toes

A young carer whose incredible bravery has attracted celebrity support has told how she did not believe the surgeons who said they had amputated her left leg – as she could still feel herself wiggling phantom toes.Type one diabetic Molly Sowden, 22, of Batley, West Yorkshire, first experienced a shooting pain in her leg in October last year – the result of blood clots, which she was admitted to hospital to have removed in May.But just 36 hours later, after doctors told her parents it was ‘life or limb,’ she woke to find her leg had been amputated below the knee – only for her to then develop sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body’s reaction to an infection, resulting in even more extreme surgery.

Burnley condemn those responsible for ‘White lives matter’ fly-past at Man City

Burnley have forcefully condemned a ‘White Lives Matter’ stunt carried out during the team’s game at Manchester City, describing the fly-past of a banner bearing the slogan as “offensive” and at odds with the club’s values. A small plane trailing the words ‘White Lives Matter Burnley’ flew over the pitch shortly after kick-off at the Etihad Stadium, in an act later described by Fare – the European equality body – as part of a wider “racist backlash”.