‘No way to run a country’: Why COVID-19 has exposed a key weaknesses in the British state

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Following the success of its debut interactive project The Complex, Cardiff-based producers Good Gate Media are heading into production on Five Dates, a fast-turnaround rom-com project that has been conceptualized and developed during lockdown.Mandip Gill, who played Doctor Who’s companion in the last two series of the long-running UK show, is joined by Georgia Hirst (Vikings), Marisa Abela (who is a lead in Lena Dunham’s upcoming BBC project

coronavirus crisis is on the brink of running out of cash after just five days.More than 3,500 artists have applied for financial assistance since the Help Musicians UK fund opened last Friday (June 5).But the fund is now on the verge of reaching capacity, meaning that some applicants may fail to secure funding.Speaking to the BBC, chief executive James Ainscough warned: “It’s a bigger, longer crisis than any of us could have thought possible.”The current Help Musicians fund is targeted at

Councillors in South Lanarkshire are backing a new initiative aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus lockdown.Social enterprise Hey Girls, who work with South Lanarkshire Council to tackle period poverty, are getting behind the UK government’s #YouAreNotAlone campaign with financial support for women’s crisis shelters.Charities and domestic abuse campaigners have reported an increase in calls and outreach from those living in abusive households while lockdown has

With clubs closed across the country and Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart on hiatus, we're asking reporting club DJs what they've been listening to lately, while at home, of course. This week, we spoke with San Diego DJ Victor Dinaire; Rhode Island's Abby Duren; and

British Vogue is celebrating frontline workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a powerfully beautiful way.

The model claimed that her mom Linda insisted the family come to Nebraska. “She talked us into it,” Grahaam explained. “She said, ‘It’s 20 hours, let’s just go and I’ll drive all the way.'”

A fugitive wanted by Greater Manchester Police for almost two years has been captured and arrested in Spain, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

Thanks to tough measures that included overnight curfews and restricted travel between provinces, health authorities were hopeful that African countries could avoid the worst of the coronavirus outbreaks that have ravaged Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. As of May 28, Nigeria and South Africa — two of the continent’s largest music economies — had

Ashely Graham is gracing the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK in a particularly intimate shoot taken at her childhood home in Nebraska and shot by her husband Justin Ervin.

By Peter White

Rutherglen residents and neighbours are being encouraged to report suspected domestic violence to police as attacks spiral during lockdown.

The government has quietly tweaked its new "Stay Alert" slogan following 'confusing' backlash.

The psychological melodrama “Penance” is, by turns, creepy, silly, predictable and overwrought — and would fit snugly into Lifetime’s over-the-top “women-in-jeopardy” lineup.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Illinois native Julie Montagu hosts “An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates,” an eight-episode series premiering Sunday (9 p.m.) on Smithsonian Channel.