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He was bought for me by my mentor, who knew I needed a friend. It was the first time I’d really had to care for someone other than myself

The West End star has faced criticism over his previous stage experience

Ballas's son Mark announced the news and his child's name on Instagram on Tuesday

With an all-star team including Gary Barlow and Arlene Phillips at the helm, ITV’s ‘Britannia High’ was meant to be ‘Skins’ with jazz hands, writes Isobel Lewis. Fifteen years on, the cast look back on what could have been, and how ‘intense’ auditions, drastic script changes and cast swaps pushed…

The choreographer on her ‘too sexy’ dance troupe, Freddie Mercury and a lifetime defying the odds

Sir Elton has said he will retire from touring at the end of his current Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, the final UK date of which was yesterday’s knockout performance at Glastonbury Festival

Len died in April aged 78 after battling bone cancer and Arlene wants BBC bosses to remember his life in this year’s series

Arlene Phillips, who was choreographing the routines for Tina's 1984 comeback single, said the singer was 'powerful, strong' even when everyone else was exhausted after work

The former Strictly judge appeared on ITV's Loose Women to talk about Celebration Day

The late dancer revealed how he had a reoccurring issue as soon as he started on the reality show judges' panel - because he never watched TV soaps

‘It feels like it happened so fast,’ BBC show’s former judge said