The BBC has been forced to cut short the Strictly final after contestantAJ Odudu pulled out with

“ So we have missed a lot of training because I can’t stand up.... But you need the practice in order to give it everything.“ So I am, at this moment in time, very frustrated and upset.... But when we got the ‘40’, it really hit us.“ For me, that was a moment where AJ has shown what type of person she really is....

Strictly Come Dancing finalist John Whaite has pulled out of two shows on the live tour after testing positive for Covid The TV baker, who came second in the final of the BBC series last year, was due to take to the stage with partner Johannes Radebe at the OVO Hydro Glasgow for two shows on Sunday and one on Monday.In a video filmed in his hotel room bed and shared on his Instagram story, he said he had “ a little bit of bad news ”, adding: “ A lateral flow this morning has come back positive s

A couple have been charged over the death of a two-year-old boy in a gas explosion. Sharon Greenham, 51, and Darren Greenham, 44, are accused of the manslaughter of George Arthur Hinds. Emergency services were called to the scene in Mallowdale Avenue, Heysham, Lancashire in the early hours of May 16. They found two houses had collapsed with a third seriously damaged. George died as a result of the blast at his home, while his parents, Vicky Studholme and Stephen Hinds, were also injured and late

A man has been charged with murder and arson after a fire which left one person dead in Reading Firefighters responded to the blaze at a building in Rowe Court, Grovelands Road, at around 3am on Wednesday. Hakeem Kigundu, aged 31, formerly of Rowe Court, was charged with one count of murder and one count of arson with intent to endanger life on Friday evening, Thames Valley Police said. Firefighters at the scene in Grovelands Road, Reading( Marc Ward/ PA)( PA Wire) He has been remanded in custod

Strictly Come Dancing has announced its first ever all-male partnership, and the show's latest contestant believes it will help men open up about their emotions. John Whaite, a food writer and the 2012 Great British Bake Off winner, will have a male professional partner when the BBC show returns in autumn. Whaite said:" I think that's going to be such a great thing in our culture, where men are sort of conditioned not to open up and not to be emotional." I think it might help to combat that....

A SUSPECCTED new Banksy has appeared in Wales leaving fans to guess its meaning.... The artwork, which depicts a man walking blindly off a ledge, was spotted on a wall in Swansea, South Wales.... 2 The artwork depicts a man walking blindly off a ledge Credit: Cover Images The man, wearing a suit and blue blindfold, is accompanied with the words' con serf a teef', also in blue. Their meaning is likely' conservative', hinting at a Tory minister walking blindly towards a drop....

Dr Philippa Whitford backed Nicola Sturgeon’s widely unpopular decision to implement tighter Covid rules in Scotland amid a surge in Omicron cases as she slammed people in Scotland for not doing enough to avoid the new measures in the first place.... The SNP spokeswoman however was questioned about the First Minister's strategy, with BBC Scotland's Laura Maciver questioning the need for further restrictions despite the vaccination campaign.... Ms Maciver said:" If vaccines are the way out of t

Covid-19 infection levels remain broadly unchanged across the UK, though the trend is uncertain in many areas and there is evidence of the “ early impact ” of the Omicron variant, new analysis suggests. About one in 60 people in private households in England had Covid-19 in the week to December 11, the same proportion as the previous week, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics( ONS). One in 60 is the equivalent of about 936, 000 people.( PA Graphics)( PA Graph

A LAB worker in Taiwan who is feared to have infected dozens with Covid was bitten by a mouse before testing positive. Yesterday, officials said the female researcher, aged in her 20s, may have caught the killer virus during experiments in the laboratory in capital Taipei.... 2 A lab worker in Taiwan has been infected with Covid Credit: AFP Official Chang Shan-chwen revealed the woman had recently been bitten by a rodent used for testing in the lab prior to her positive Covid test, Taiwan News