Club’s charity has adjusted swiftly amid Covid-19 and faces challenges with youngsters previously involved in crime

Like most workers in the charity sector, George Henry knew he had a problem when the UK entered lockdown on 23 March. As the targeted interventions manager at the Palace for Life Foundation – Crystal Palace’s charity – Henry uses football to help disadvantaged young people in south London and organises a team of mentors who try to keep them on the straight and narrow.

“Most of them have been arrested or been in gangs and we try to get them into positive outcomes,” he says. “We’re based in schools and a custody suite for our Divert programme, which aims to get them back into employment and training. Around this time of year we usually help with the transition from year six to year seven but because of the lockdown that couldn’t happen.”

Four Grammy awards, tens of millions of views, Quincy Jones as a manager, Herbie Hancock as a fan and Chris Martin as a collaborator: 25-year-old Jacob Collier has been compared to Mozart and Prince and called jazz's new messiah. The north London prodigy speaks to Eve Jackson from confinement about his four-volume, 50-song album "Djesse", being managed by the man who produced the best-selling album of all time, and what he's learned in lockdown.

The photographer Olivia Harris has been seeking out the sun worshippers of London making the best of their front stoops, balconies, window ledges and gardens, and finding out how they are managing under lockdown

We’d like to hear from people about how you’re remembering the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe

Friday 8 May will mark 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. Before the coronavirus crisis, plans were made for street parties and parades, and even the first May bank holiday was moved for the occasion.

But with the UK still in lockdown, we’d like to hear how you will now be remembering the anniversary of VE day.

Many people have turned to jogging during the coronavirus crisis. These shoes, apps and gadgets can help you get going

With gyms and leisure centres closed, many people have turned to running. You can literally just step out of your door and begin your government-approved exercise but, if you want to make the most of it and improve your health and fitness, a few small things can go a long way.

Kate, a call handler for a domestic violence charity, discusses the challenges of trying to deal with the rising number of calls during lockdown. Guardian reporter Helen Pidd has been reporting on the domestic violence cases being heard at Manchester magistrates court over the past few weeks

Rachel Humphreys talks to Kate, a call handler with domestic violence charity Solace. Since lockdown began, calls to helplines like this one have risen by 25%. The Counting Dead Women project recorded 16 killings of women and children in the first three weeks of lockdown - where they’d usually expect about five.

Rachel also talks to the Guardian’s North of England editor, Helen Pidd, who last month listened in on court four at Manchester magistrates court to hear how lockdown was changing the way domestic violence cases are being prosecuted. We also hear from David Philpott from Olliers Solicitors who has been working at the court for over 30 years.

Lockdown has changed the way we date. Is it possible to form the same kind of connection through a screen? To find out, we set up six strangers on three virtual blind dates ...

Today in Focus has been wondering what online lockdown dating is like now social distancing has taken face-to-face meets ups out of the equation. So we worked with the Guardian’s Blind Date column and asked listeners to let us matchmake them with a stranger on a virtual date, with dinner provided ... Host Rachel Humphreys introduces the first three couples in part one of a two-part special.

Harry, a 32-year-old producer from the UK meets Jayson, a 25-year-old journalist in Hong Kong. Sam, a 34-year-old currently residing in Los Angeles has been paired with Jennifer, a 28-year-old civil servant from the UK. And Titus, 36, spent a virtual evening with Len, a 30-year old amateur Muay Thai fighter, despite the fact they live just a few roads away from one another.

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When, in late February, Betsy Sheil turned 16, she thought she was staring down the end of secondary school, not the beginning of global pandemic.

“I was going to finish year 11 and do my GCSEs, then I was going to have a really long summer with my friends, hopefully go abroad – have that summer that everyone has.”

Six weeks into Britain's Covid-19 crisis, Anywhere but Westminster asks how a city keeps going when everything has ground to a halt. The team virtually visits Plymouth, population 250,000, to see how the services that are vital to a city and its inhabitants are scrabbling to stay afloat. The fishing industry is in meltdown, temporary housing is oversubscribed and nurses facilitate goodbyes over Zoom. Most of all, people are asking: what on earth happens after this?

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Photographers who work for Unicef have taken candid shots of their children's lives during lockdown.

How are the communities that rely so heavily on the US airbases coping under lockdown?

New mothers are missing out on support for their babies amidst lockdown restrictions.

Ana Carmona chronicled her month in quarantine with her family in NYC, including when she got some big news.

How dating and love continue for three couples during the coronavirus lockdown.

Magaly Contreras has spent nine months in a Tijuana shelter and is worried about her future.

In the making for over two years, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's Brahmastra is slated to hit the theatres on December 4. Even though the movie's final 20-day schedule in Mumbai was disrupted due to the lockdown, director Ayan Mukerji is ensuring that work progresses at a steady pace despite the unprecedented events. Sources suggest the director has roped in a London-based studio to handle the special effects of the fantasy drama.

Amitabh Bachchan; Ayan Mukerji

A source reveals, "A large portion of the footage has been sent to the London team so that it can begin working on the visual effects in this period. Aware that outsourcing the job and sharing the content can increase the risk of the film being leaked, Ayan wanted only a core team of experts working on it. The director handpicked a five-member team who are the only people in possession of the footage."

Considering it is a superhero drama with Kapoor's character Shiva having the power to emit fire from his palms, the Karan Johar production is touted to be high on visual effects.

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Star Sports, India’s leading broadcaster, through their show Cricket Connected, has used the power of technology to engage with cricket fans and bring them voices of the world’s best former and current cricketers. On this week’s episode, Indian captain Virat Kohli will be interacting with host Jatin Sapru and a few of his young fans who will pepper King Kohli with questions, especially around what has been doing during the government-mandated nation-wide lockdown period.

This is an enjoyable format to engage with cricket fans and legends of the game through easy-going conversations. With the lockdown extended for another two weeks, cricket fans now have an opportunity to catch Captain Kohli as he talks about daily routine at home and how he is keeping himself busy. The skipper also speaks about the importance of staying at home, finding motivation and focusing on fitness and training despite the limited conditions.

Captain Virat Kohli said on Star Sports’ show Cricket Connected, “I am keeping myself positive and happy and just looking forward in life so that whenever I return to the game, I know I will be in a good position to start from where we left.”

While speaking to his fans, Virat Kohli also talks about the things he misses while staying at home like the IPL, the excitement the tournament brings for the players and the fans and the magical moments that are created. Virat even answers a few questions asked by his young fans around his unflappable mindset during batting, Virat emphasizes on how important it is to have a proper mindset especially while playing a sport, sending a strong message to all the young cricket aspirants in the country. On the episode, captain Kohli also catches up team mate Yuzvendra Chahal and reminisces their comradery.

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Cody Simpson is currently on lockdown with his girlfriend Miley Cyrus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Australian-born rapper Iggy Azalea is currently under lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.

She's known for being an incredible actress. Yet Jacqueline Jossa revealed she has a hidden second skill as she showcased her vocal abilities on Monday.

The Made In Chelsea star, 29, shared the sped-up video of her taking the clippers to her beau's head along with a snap of the finished style.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, revealed they have been forced to have more conversations and 'make changes', as she discussed how their relationship has developed.

The 'Brilliant banana loaf' tops a list of the website's most-searched for recipes between March 23, when Boris Johnson put the country into lockdown, and April 30, followed by chocolate brownies.

With some elements of the lockdown expected to ease from Monday, now is a good time to start to reflect on the past seven weeks and consider the 'positives' we might take from the experience.

Rosanna McKean, 32, from Bristol, followed a 13-minute YouTube tutorial to create a grey Merino wool blanket for her modern living room while in lockdown, which cost £70 fo the materials.

They have been isolating together whilst the UK is in lockdown. But Reuben still managed to pull off some birthday surprises for Maisie Williams as she celebrated her 23rd birthday in their home.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MATT BARLOW: Rabbi Matondo was among the wave of fearless young British footballers who set out to forge their futures in Germany.

In his third week in isolation, the England and Exeter wing hears from Eddie Jones and his dog, buys a bbq, wins at FIFA, orders some monkfish and is running pain free for the first time in a while...

Locked-in Shirley Parsons (pictured) suffered a colossal haemorrhagic stroke from a clot on her brain in 2003. But she said she is happier than before her stroke, writes DOMINIC LAWSON.

Ruby Rose has undergone a drastic makeover while self-isolating at her Los Angeles home. 

Olly Murs had his followers in stitches with his latest Instagram prank video as he dressed up in a sombrero and poncho before blowing an air horn directly into his girlfriend's face as she slept.

Angela Nguyen was in Singapore setting up VOHCO for a month when Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement Australia would be closing its borders on March 14.

She thrilled fans at the weekend when she shared some sultry images of herself online, while in lockdown at her Sydney home.

Prince Charles' goddaughter has shared a peek at her life a she isolates with her family at their home on the sun-soaked island of the Bahamas.

An entrepreneurial couple have been reaping the benefits of the COVID-19 lockdown, making millions of dollars from selling their blue light blocking glasses while the population work from home.

Former Princess Tessy of Luxembourg, 34, wed Louis in 2006, and has two children Prince Gabriel of Nassau, 13, and Prince Noah of Nassau, 11, with the Prince, and the family are based in London.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, revealed they have been forced to have more conversations and 'make changes', as she discussed how their relationship has developed.

Halfords, Decathlon, Evans and Wheelbase are all listing some models of mountain and road bikes as out of stock on their websites. Surge in sales comes as Britons prepare for post-lockdown life.

The nation will come together today to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, and remember those who fought and died in the Second World War.

The employee at Grant Lodge in Bacchus Marsh, about 50 kilometres north of Melbourne , was screened for coronavirus on Saturday and all the nursing home residents are now being tested.

The Bachelor's Simone Ormesher showed off her homemade gym equipment made out of concrete, so she can continue to work out during lockdown. 

Justin Bieber hinted he may be recording a new album as he and his wife Hailey ride out the coronavirus pandemic in lockdown. 'My new album is sounding crazy good,' he wrote on Insta Stories.

The 48-year-old actress made the confession during her upcoming Red Table Talk as she reflected and discussed how relationships can have new pressure points amidst the lockdown.

The former TOWIE star, 33, went one step further during his quarantine, as he shaved his head and showed off the results via Instagram on Saturday.