A Healthcare Provider’s Plea: Hollywood, We Need Your Help With Coronavirus (Guest Column)

Generous businesses have donated more than half a million pounds worth of goods for well-being packages for NHS staff at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

As we all navigate this global pandemic, the economic fallout and the unprecedented social impact of being forced to stay at home in order to protect those we love, it’s hard to imagine the full scale of the impacts this will have on our society. Shuttered businesses, lost jobs, students at home and teachers navigating distance learning for the first time, first responders risking their lives to care for the sick.

Amid pumping out jokes on the internet, Swedish star Alesso has announced a forthcoming collaboration with Liam Payne. In a video posted on Payne and Alesso's social channels Wednesday (April 1), the guys reveal that the track, called "Midnight," is a soaring anthem built on Alesso's grand-scale production and Payne's plaintive vocals, which proclaim "I just want to lay here, fall into midnight." The song is out on Wednesday, April 8.

As the U.K.’s coronavirus crisis steadily escalated, Argonon Group-owned Britespark Films raced to complete a fast turnaround documentary on the pandemic for broadcaster Channel 4. Britespark director of programs Tom Porter details the extreme logistical hurdles involved.  

'You are not alone', is the message from Bury Hospice's chief executive.

Chucklevision star Paul Elliott says he’s been diagnosed with coronavirus after suffering from “mild” symptoms.The 72 year old, who was one half of children’s comedy duo The Chuckle Brothers, announced the news on Twitter with a video. Writing above the post, he assured his 157,000 followers he was “on the mend”, but said the virus has “not been nice” to tackle.

The community spirit in the area has been clear for everyone to see during the coronavirus outbreak.

Jon Bon Jovi needs your help. Like the rest of us, he's at home amid the coronavirus lockdown, but that doesn't mean he's stopped working on new music.

Paul Merson has slammed Manchester United by suggesting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would only be joining them in pursuit of more money rather than to ever win trophies.

Rihanna has joined the growing list of celebrities trying to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

By Bruce Haring

We’re all facing a new reality in the midst of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak: schools closed, businesses closed, and a whole lot of time spent at home. It’s hard for most adults to get their head around it let alone figure out how to talk to your kids about ."We are living in very difficult and strange times right now,” says Hillary Haarmann, a licensed clinical social worker and mom to a a daughter, 8, and son, 5.

Radio, I’ve just about had enough of you and your abandonment of your defining purpose as broadcasters. With the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging everyday life and suspending every reliable comfort from work routines to sports and entertainment or actual human contact, we’re looking for steadiness somewhere — an echo of the familiar, a kindred connection.  Anything to tether us to something recognizable. A service the radio dial used to provide.