The virus outbreak has seen the Premier League postpone all matches and some clubs have used the government scheme to furlough several staff, but Villa will not be following suit.

Wesley, signed for £22m from Club Brugge last summer, suffered the damage in Villa's 2-1 win at Burnley on New Year's Day, and is currently recovering in his home country.

An impressive season in the Premier League has seen the midfielder linked with several of the division's top clubs, with Manchester United the favourites to secure his signature.

Smith, who has been in charge since 2018 and led Villa back to the top flight, has warned his squad may have to play the rest of the season without two players due to a medical issue and a high-risk family member.

With games set to be played behind closed doors, some clubs are opposed to 'neutral hubs' to finish the season, but Purslow says it is the 'duty' of all 20 clubs to find a workable solution.

This weekend will be two months since Harvey Barnes scored Leicester's fourth against Aston Villa, the last Premier League goal before games were suspended.

Comedian Dave Hughes has previously explained that he struggles to get his three children to take him seriously. 

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premieres in the UK at midnight tonight. But a queue already formed yesterday with fans pictured huddled under umbrellas and wearing raincoats in London.

Warwick Davis looked full of beans as he accompanied his wife Samantha and their grown up children to the Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker London premiere on Wednesday.

He has long been a fan of the sci-fi series.  And David went behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at Pinewood Studios on Thursday, as he enjoyed a day out with Antony Daniels.

Jake Cannavale, who appeared in one episode of Disney+'s The Mandalorian, said the new Star Wars movie is the worst in the series. He criticized its plot holes and even the title.

Neighbours and local councillors blasted the plans for his home near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, claiming it was too 'harsh' and out of keeping with the area.

The Mandalorian isn't leaving this universe anytime soon. Creator, Jon Favreau, announced that the acclaimed Star Wars spin-off will be back for a second season in Fall of 2020.

A group of researchers from The Ohio State University recently set out to examine why recent Star Wars movies have stoked such divisive feelings among audiences. 

Dr Phil Sutton, a planetary scientist and lecturer at the University of Lincoln, told MailOnline that these far, far away Earth-sized moons could be a haven for extraterrestrial life.

The third season of comedian Dave Hughes show Hughesy: We Have A Problem will premiere on Monday, January 20, at 9pm.

While fans have to wait several months for The Mandalorian to return, creator Jon Favreau revealed a new photo of Star Wars creator George Lucas meeting the adorable Baby Yoda.

Bio Decontamination Ltd, which has already been used by the Government to deep clean a room used by two coronavirus patients, posted the clip on Twitter. It did not provide any other details.

Filming for Star Wars and Jurassic World is said to have been temporarliy suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking to IndieWire on Wednesday, the actor, 36, admitted he wished the First Order officer could have lived longer in the final film of the Skywalker saga, after Hux was killed for being a Resistance spy.

The Star Wars: Rogue One star, 40, expressed his delight that his children were able to return home after the ordeal, as he took part in a live Q&A session with IndieWire via Instagram on Thursday.

The actress celebrated her 28th birthday by taking part in the video for Disney, who shared the soothing reading session via Twitter on Friday.

The Met Gala usually falls on the first Monday in May, which this year happened to be May 4 - Star Wars Day. IMDb tweeted a thread of stars in their Met Gala best compared to Star Wars characters

A quick perusal of this blonde bombshell's Instagram page reveals the truth: she's a pretty big Star Wars fan.

The 61-year-old pop superstar moved her family to southern Europe back in 2017, so her son David, 13, could fulfil his dream of playing football for Benfica's youth team.

The iconic musician, 61, remained focused on her business duties as she entered Brooklyn's Howard Gilman Opera House ahead of her Madame X tour in New York over the weekend.

An American celebrity trainer who has transformed the bodies of J-Lo, Alessandria Ambrosio and Gwyneth Paltrow revealed the one supplement she takes every day.

Despite being two months into the gruelling schedule, Madonna proved she was still keeping her spirits up as she made a cheeky exit from her gig on Sunday.

Her mother's influence and untimely death at an early age have been a pervading theme in this pop superstar's music for decades.

Guy Ritchie filed a motion in their divorce case asking for 'the enforcement or execution of a judgment or order' on December 23 in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The singer, 61, has met the parents of her dancer beau, 25, and his dad Drue also told TMZ that they've said their relationship is getting serious and they've said they love each other.

'I was gutted when Madonna came along,' confesses Eighties icon Kim Wilde. 'It was awful - the worst time in my life. I just thought, "How am I ever going to compete with this?"'

During her outing the radio presenter, 40, rocked a colourful flirty mini dress with a shearling black aviator jacket and a pair of opaque tights.

Fans paid hundreds of pounds to get in as the star belatedly played the first of her UK dates after cancelling the gig on Monday and being ordered to rest by doctors.

Robert De Niro may have beaten Madonna's record for most wardrobe changes undergone in a single movie.

The singer, 61, was spotted exiting the theatre after taking to Instagram a day earlier to announce that two more of her shows in the capital had been called off on doctors' orders.

Madonna appeared in high spirits as she cheekily stuck her tongue out while leaving her concert at the London Palladium on Sunday evening.

Recently suffering from a knee injury, the singer, held onto her walking stick for support before being bundled into a black car by her hooded helper, on Saturday night

Madonna was supported by a friend as she made her latest exit from the London Palladium on Wednesday night.

The singer, 61, sported a bold black Versace robe as she brandished her signature cane, a day after furious fans claimed on Twitter that her show on Saturday started more than three hours late.

The singer, 61, who is recovering from knee surgery, relied her signature cane as she left the Hotel Crillon in Paris on Tuesday.

The singer, 61, who is still recovering from a nasty knee injury, held onto her trusty cane as she left Le Grand Rex in Paris on Thursday after another energetic show.

The queen of pop, 61, walked hand in hand with her beau, 25, who led his lover out of the Paris venue on Wednesday.

in a statement shared on Madonna's website on Monday, concert promoter Live Nation revealed that the cancellation was in keeping France's recent move to ban gatherings of more than 1,000 people.

The singer, 61, uploaded the clip to her Instagram where she sits in the tub filled with petals and voices her thoughts on COVID-19, saying it has made everyone alike.

Harry and Meghan apparently chose from a shortlist of two firms whose staff have guarded numerous a-list celebrities. Experts say their annual bill could be up to £4million.

The 61-year-old pop icon mumbled her way through a 'quarantine diary' on Thursday, in which she also takes aim at her own son.

The 61-year-old pop legend made the revelation in an Instagram video on Thursday, which is part of a series she's dubbed her "Quarantine Diaries."

Madonna was seen in a room with at least eight people on Saturday after this week sharing a video claiming she was 'going out to breath the COVID-19 air'.

Madonna has revealed that she had coronavirus while on her Madame X world tour, which had been plagued with cancellations due to the singer suffering a knee injury.