The PM race hots up 18:45
Not clear if debate will resume
David Wallace Lockhart
BBC political correspondent
Something appears to have happened during the Talk TV debate.
There was a loud crash, Liz Truss looked very concerned and then the programme was taken off air.
The production team’s main concern will rightly be ensuring everyone is OK, so it’s not clear if this debate will resume.
18:48
BreakingPresenter 'fainted and collapsed'
A well informed source has told the BBC the Tory debate crashed off air because presenter Kate McCann is understood to have fainted and collapsed. She was presenting alone, after Harry Cole pulled out with Covid.