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'Don't suffer in silence' - Shirley Ballas speaks openly about 'taboo' pelvic floor issues to raise awareness

Shirley Ballas spoke to the Loose Women panel to highlight the importance of doing pelvic floor exercises in menopause

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Shirley Ballas called out for 'objectifying' Pete Wicks on Strictly Come Dancing

Ballas, 64, said she needed to ‘calm herself down’ after Wicks’ routine

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing viewers divided over ‘brutal’ score for Pete Wicks’ ‘mesmerising’ Cha Cha

‘Pure evil but I have to laugh,’ one person said

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Brendan Cole hails Tasha Ghouri as Strictly's 'best dancer' this year but she's 'not going to win'

EXCLUSIVE The former Strictly pro has also weighed-in on whether the judging panel needs revising after Shayne Ward’s controversial exit

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2024: release date, full celebrity line up and everything we know

Christmas wouldn't be complete without the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2024.

WhatToWatch

Strictly star calls for show bosses to ‘mix it up’ on judging panel amid backlash over Shayne Ward exit

EXCLUSIVE: Professional dancer Ola Jordan believes the former X Factor winner didn’t stand a chance

Evening Standard

Strictly pro defends Shayne Ward claiming he was unfairly critiqued following his exit

The singer and actor became the seventh celebrity to be eliminated from the BBC dance competition following the first split decision between the judges so far this series

Evening Standard

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Strictly’s Chris McCausland performs dance with blackout imitating blindness

Comedian McCausland is the BBC One show’s first blind contestant.

Evening Standard

Shirley Ballas chokes back tears as Pete Wicks dedicates Strictly Come Dancing routine to late grandma

Towie star’s grandma Doreen died in 2022

The Independent UK

Strictly judges hail Pete Wicks for ‘moving’ dance in memory of his grandmother

The dance was a couple’s choice to The Best by Nicotine Dolls.

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

Tasha Ghouri and JB Gill tied at the top, with Shayne Ward and Jamie Borthwick joint bottom. But who’d be doomed to the dance-off and who wouldn’t make it to Blackpool?

The Guardian - UK

JB Gill and Lauren Oakley score joint series highest as Amy Dowden watches

Oakley replaced Amy Dowden as Gill’s partner because of illness.

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 fans have got a LOT to say about one judge tonight

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 viewers joined Claudia in sharing their opinions!

WhatToWatch

Amy Dowden says her, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley are Strictly ‘dream team’

The Welsh professional dancer watched tonight’s show from the studio with Claudia Winkleman.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Anton Du Beke mocks his own Strictly outfit as viewers say he ‘looks good’

Du Beke was in his ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ phase

The Independent UK

Anton Du Beke mocks his own Strictly outfit as viewers say he looks ‘looks good’

Du Beke was in his ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ phase

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing: week seven results – as it happened

In a Strictly first, it was icons week. Tasha Ghouri and JB Gill topped the scoreboard, with Pete Wicks way down at the bottom. But who fell at the contest’s midway mark?

Evening Standard

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas greets ‘brave’ children going on dream trip to Florida

She chatted and took selfies with the young people before they left on a specially chartered British Airways flight from Heathrow Airport to Orlando.

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The Independent UK

Strictly leaderboard scores from week six of the dance competition

Recapping how the judges marked the ‘Strictly’ couples in Halloween Week

Evening Standard

Sarah Hadland and Jamie Borthwick top Strictly scoreboard in Halloween week

The themed week for Halloween saw the famous faces transform in to famous spooky characters.

Evening Standard

Wynne Evans and Katya Jones impress Strictly judges with dramatic lifts

Donning red sparkly costumes and devil horns, Evans flipped Jones over his head and twirled her in the air.

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing: week six results – as it happened

The Halloween spook-tacular saw high scores and a fancy dress frenzy. But who would be consigned to the dreaded dance-off and which couple would get sent home?

The Independent UK

Strictly’s Shirley Ballas reveals she ‘cried’ after harsh comment from judge following son’s birth

‘There were always people pulling you down,’ the dance star said

Evening Standard

Shirley Ballas says Katya Jones is a ‘jokester’ after Strictly hand incident

It comes after a clip showing the incident, and 35-year-old Jones refusing a high-five from Evans, was widely shared on social media.

The Independent UK

Strictly 2024 leaderboard: The scores from week four of the BBC dance competition

Recapping how the judges marked the ‘Strictly’ couple in week four

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