The former Strictly Come Dancing star - who quit the show to join ITV, where she judges Dancing On Ice and hosts Romeo and Duet - had to break the news over the phone as many of her loved ones live in her native South Africa.

The head judge defended the show over a backlash to its 2023 line-up.

Strictly Come Dancing star was saved by West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics in the wake of her harrowing fight with blood poisoning amid her cancer ordeal.

The pro dancer - who shot to fame on BBC Strictly Come Dancing - has spoken out in a new interview in the wake of her huge weight loss journey

She is expecting her first child

In total, former Strictly Come Dancing couple Ola and James Jordan have shed a whopping 6.5 stone, and Ola has now revealed that their sex lives have never been as exciting

The former Strictly Come Dancing professional, 40, and her other half, 45, shed a combined 6.5 stone after overhauling their lives earlier this year.

The professional dancer, 39, proudly showed off her four week postpartum figure after welcoming her newborn Lyra Rose last month.

Mark Ramprakash tells James Moore how a family shock inspired him to look after his own health more carefully - he recalled the day in 2012 that changed his life forever

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in May.

Famous faces spotted backstage at Leeds Festival 2023 included Strictly Come Dancing faves, Leeds United players and...Jedward

Latin and ballroom dancer, 33, was taken ill ‘in an instant’ two days after chemotherapy for breast cancer

The Strictly Come Dancing professional, who is also fighting cancer as well as IBS, was raced to her local hospital's intensive care unit

Oti Mabuse has said she and her husband Marius Iepure had decided to stop trying to conceive

Amy Dowden was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer earlier this year and has undergone a single mastectomy as a result.

"It would be a shame if we were not friends after all that."

Former Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent Simone and Ian Waite used an appearance on Good Morning Britain to have a sly dig at the show's judge Anton Du Beke.

The pro dancer has opened up about her recent hospital dash where paramedics fought to save her life after she took a turn for the worse after her first round of chemotherapy