Health Secretary Sajid Javid has paid tribute to "national hero" Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam who will leave his role as England's deputy chief medical officer at the end of March.

Making a football analogy, used often by Van-Tam during press briefings, he praised the professor as a "top signing". Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn