ITV News journalist Emily Morgan dies, aged 45

Emily Morgan, the wellness and subject exertion for ITV News whose vocation astatine the transmission spanned much than 2 decades, has died aged 45.

The mother-of-two was precocious diagnosed with lung crab and passed distant connected Friday nighttime surrounded by her family, ITV said.

She led ITV's coronavirus coverage, reporting from hospitals.

"We are devastated astatine the passing of our singular workfellow Emily Morgan," ITN posted connected Twitter.

"Emily was a hugely talented writer and a much-loved person and mentor to truthful galore here. She volition beryllium greatly missed.

"Our thoughts are with Emily's family."

Ms Morgan took "great pride" successful her enactment but told colleagues she wished to beryllium remembered "as a mother, wife, sister, girl and friend", ITV said.

ITV quality exertion Andrew Dagnell said: "Emily was an exceptional journalist, a devoted parent and wife, and a existent trailblazer successful our field.

"Her friendship, her professionalism and her tremendous publication to our manufacture and to the nationalist speech volition not beryllium forgotten."

Among others paying tribute were Health Secretary Steve Barclay, who tweeted: "Her exemplary reporting passim the Covid pandemic was a captious nationalist work - helping to support radical safe."

Chris Ship, royal exertion for ITV News, said his workfellow and "dear friend" had been "full of humanity".

BBC Breakfast exertion Richard Frediani, who utilized to enactment for ITV News, called her a "first-class journalist".

He tweeted: "Brilliant. Talented. Intelligent. Dedicated. Fearless.

"Emily Morgan volition ever stay successful the hearts of each those fortunate capable to person worked with her."