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With the coronavirus lockdown bringing normal nightlife to an end, some enterprising DJs are going online. BBC – For more and to sign up click here...

Charli XCX has told the Coronavirus Newscast programme that those who are “more likely to be drastically affected” are “really the priority right now” to receive home testing kits – not celebrities. The singer was speaking while self-isolating in her Los Angeles home. BBC – For more and to sign......

Image copyright Getty Images In light of our current predicament, UK broadcasters have been hastily coming up with ideas for new TV shows to make life indoors a bit more bearable. After some lengthy Zoom brainstorms, TV executives have dreamed up new formats (or rehashed those already in the pipeline)......

Image copyright Getty Images A High Court justice has dismissed a Russian news service’s complaint that a £200,000 fine imposed by Ofcom last year was disproportionate. The court endorsed the media watchdog’s decision to fine RT, formerly Russia Today, for “a serious breach” of its impartiality rules. The regulator said......

Image copyright Atlantic Records Image caption The singer’s second album is the follow-up to her self-titled, Brit Award-winning debut The future starts now for self-isolating Dua Lipa fans, after the star put out her new album a week early. Future Nostalgia, which features writing contributions from Tove Lo and Madonna’s......

Image copyright Orion/Kobal/Shutterstock Image caption Madonna and Mark Blum in Desperately Seeking Susan Madonna has paid tribute to Mark Blum, a co-star in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, after his death from coronavirus complications. The US singer and actress remembered Blum, who played Gary Glass and died this week......

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption It is unclear whether the song heralds an album of new material from the star Bob Dylan’s first new song in eight years is a 17-minute rumination on the 1960s and the assassination of JFK. “They blew out the brains of the king /......

Doctor Who fans from across the world will be coming together online at 19:00 GMT as they watch the first episode of the show’s return, on the fifteenth anniversary of its first broadcast. It is all being done to help Doctor Who fans feel less isolated during the crisis. BBC......

Image copyright Getty Images It’s been widely reported Bugzy Malone was “seriously injured” in a road accident last night in Bury. Greater Manchester Police told Radio 1 Newsbeat they were called to a collision between a car and a quad bike on Wednesday. A 29-year-old man was taken to hospital......

Image copyright iSle of Wight Festival Image caption The Isle of Wight Festival will no longer be taking place this year The Isle of Wight and Download have become the latest music festivals to be cancelled due to the coronavirus. Duran Duran and Lionel Richie were due to appear alongside......

Image copyright Getty Images People in the UK were stockpiling novels and home learning books last week as they prepared for a spell in isolation, sales figures suggest. Sales of fiction rose by a third, while children’s education went up 234% to the third highest level on record. Puzzle books,......

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cox took a quiz about her character against a superfan and lost 5-0 Actress Courteney Cox has found her own way to get through self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic – binge-watching Friends. Cox told TV host Jimmy Kimmel she remembered very little about the......

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWatch Ralph McTell perform the new verse to his hit 70s song Streets of London It began with a conversation between a foreign correspondent who loves ballads, and his neighbour, a legend of the British folk music scene. The result was Ralph......

It’s one of this country’s most iconic songs and the singer is one of millions now under lockdown due to coronavirus. Ralph McTell wrote The Streets of London over 50 years ago but now he’s done something he’s always previously refused. As a response to the coronavirus he’s written a......

Image copyright Getty Images People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest. Global, which owns Capital FM and talk station LBC, said online radio listening had risen by 15%. The BBC said streaming of its radio......

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Each member of The Village People dressed as a different character YMCA by The Village People has inspired partygoers to wave their arms around on countless dancefloors since 1978. It’s feelgood. It’s camp. It’s cheesy. The US Library of Congress has also now decided......

Image copyright Gene Page/AMC Fans of The Walking Dead must wait for the finale of the current series after producers revealed they had not been able to finish it because of Covid-19. That means season 10 will end with its penultimate episode next month – but they aim to air......

Image copyright Getty Images The closure of cinemas across the US and China has forced film studios to rethink the way they screen movies. During the peak of the outbreak in China one major movie went straight to an online platform and was seen by more than half a billion......

Image copyright Getty Images Theatres, galleries, museums and artists in England who have been hit by the impact of coronavirus will have access to a £160m emergency fund. Arts Council England has announced the cash injection to help artists, venues and freelancers in the cultural sector. It comes after venues......