Virtual hugs needed

My friend and colleague Mike Rouse has been having a bit of a shitty time of it recently, including being burgled and interrogated at gunpoint by a bunch of murderous thugs who stole his laptop and phone (which the insurance company apparently won't replace, thus severely Mike's ability to work) as well as numerous other woes—all of this and he lives in Coventry.

Do, please, wander over and give a word or two of encouragement because methinks he needs it...