The abrupt end to free mass Covid-19 testing has left thousands of workers - including in the North East - without jobs after months spent working all hours to keep the country safe.
The testing sites closed for good last week, and with staff having been made redundant at short notice and without being entitled to any compensation, many have been left "with nothing" - just days after performing a vital service on the frontline of the battle to contain the coronavirus.
Staff, who were employed by Sodexo who held the contract to manage testing centres around the country, have gone from testing hundreds of people a day for Covid-19 to unemployment. And many are upset at the way the firm has managed this process.
