set up in April as part of the government’s effort to scale up testing nationally. The Cheshire laboratory forms part of the largest diagnostic testing facility in British history.It is now capable of processing 50,000 tests each day, according to bosses at the facility.The lab - which is operated by Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) - collects samples from across the country in a bid to allow frontline staff back to work.Professor Chris Molloy, CEO of MDC, says the achievement is a major milestone in six months of hard work and the epitome of a “can-do” attitude.The scientists, who led the formation of the national Lighthouse Labs network, said: “The Alderley Lighthouse was home – day and night - to an army of 300 volunteers from across.