12 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Motsi Mabuse opens up on 'terrifying' racial abuse

Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse has candidly opened up on her horrifying experiences of racial abuse

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17 m. ago Vicky Pattison stuns with Strictly Come Dancing pro days after line

The reality star and presenter is among the famous faces set to take to the dance floor during the BBC show's 2025 series

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21 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing judge says 'the best time' as they make announcement weeks before show return

Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Shirley Ballas will return to the show on BBC One next month

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33 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke admits 'you miss it all' in family admission before new series

The professional dancer-turned-judge will soon be back on the hit BBC One dance show

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34 m. ago EastEnders star Molly Rainford says 'it means the world' after engagement to Strictly Come Dancing's Tyler West

The soap actress and radio presenter first met on the 2022 series of Strictly

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37 m. ago Moses Itauma should take ‘baby steps’ before fighting Usyk, warns Amir Khan

British heavyweight destroyed Dillian Whyte in first roundKhan thinks Joseph Parker a good option for talented youngsterMoses Itauma should continue to steadily build his journey through the heavyweight ranks rather than risk getting hurt by taking a showdown with Oleksandr Usyk “too early”, according to former unified light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan.Chatham southpaw Itauma extended his perfect record through 13 professional fights with an impressive first-round knockout of British rival Dillian Whyte in Riyadh on Saturday. The 20-year-old’s devasting performance against former WBC interim heavyweight champion Whyte, 37, led to Tyson Fury claiming that Itauma would beat undisputed world heavyweight champion Usyk. Continue reading...

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40 m. ago Huw Edwards sports new look as he carries fizz after refusing to hand back BBC salary

Disgraced BBC News anchor Huw Edwards has been photographed looking very different, as he has been snapped sporting a white beard six months after he was last pictured

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53 m. ago Cranberries bandmates say Dolores O’Riordan’s death was ‘biggest shock’

Drummer Fergal Lawler said he still wakes up expecting a call from his late bandmate

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68 m. ago ‘I’d never seen anything like it’: Lucinda Childs on the extraordinary worlds of Robert Wilson

The dancer and choreographer recalls five decades of collaboration with the visionary stage director, including Einstein on the BeachThere was a production of Bob’s in New York in 1975, A Letter for Queen Victoria, and some friends told me, “Oh, you should see this, it’s really amazing”. I was a dancer and choreographer and I had worked with the Judson Dance Theatre – it was all about no music, pedestrian movement, performing in alternative spaces, avoiding all the traditional trappings. Here was Bob, though, in a theatre, with a composer and lighting it was such a contemporary sensibility. I’d never seen anything like it.I met Bob shortly thereafter at a festival, and he talked right away about working together on Einstein on the Beach [with composer Philip Glass]. We worked in his studio in lower Manhattan. Bob worked in a kind of improvisatory fashion. Day to day we were never sure if he was going to review what we had done or start again. You just would come up with something an...

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78 m. ago The Donald holds court: Photo of European leaders gathered around Trump's desk 'like obedient school children' that sums up Ukraine summit

In the picture, which has gone viral on social media, critics have said EU leaders were made to look like school children while sitting and listening attentively to the US president.

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90 m. ago Authorities charge man suspected of planning attack in Germany, possibly targeting Israeli Embassy

German prosecutors have announced terrorism charges against a man who they say may have planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in Berlin

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1 hour ago Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows the Hassouna through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bearThe rule is this: don’t spoil movies by giving away the ending, even if the events depicted are part of the historical record. But in the case of this devastating documentary, knowing what’s coming at the end is a radical enhancement, a chilling message from the movie’s future that makes you read everything differently.So here’s the big reveal: Fatima Hassouna, the young Palestinian woman in this film, to whom director Sepideh Farsi talks to via video calls over nearly a year, is now dead, killed on 16 April by an Israeli airstrike along with several members of her family. In fact, the last we see of Hassouna is her being told by Farsi that the film we’ve just been watching will be shown at the Cannes film festival. This prompts a conversation about whether Hassouna will attend the premiere (“Of course!” she says, optimistically) and ...

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1 hour ago Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows Hassona through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bearThe rule is this: don’t spoil movies by giving away the ending, even if the events depicted are part of the historical record. But in the case of this devastating documentary, knowing what’s coming at the end is a radical enhancement, a chilling message from the movie’s future that makes you read everything differently.So here’s the big reveal: Fatma Hassona, the young Palestinian woman in this film, to whom director Sepideh Farsi talks to via video calls over nearly a year, is now dead, killed on 16 April by an Israeli airstrike along with several members of her family. In fact, the last we see of Hassona is her being told by Farsi that the film we’ve just been watching will be shown at the Cannes film festival. This prompts a conversation about whether Hassona will attend the premiere (“Of course!” she says, optimistically) and perhaps u...

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1 hour ago Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke sends grim warning to 2025 stars

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has sent a 'grim warning' to the cast of 2025, as the star-studded line up prepare to take on the first live show next month

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1 hour ago Pakistan issues flood alert for southern districts as rescuers search for missing in the northwest

Pakistan has issued a flood alert for some southern districts, warning of torrential rains, as rescue teams continued searching for missing people in the northwest, where severe floods have killed hundreds over the past week

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2 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke warns 2025 contestants weeks before series starts

Anton will be on the BBC series' judging panel for the fifth consecutive year

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing confirms dates of launch, Blackpool and 2025 final after line

There are just weeks to go until Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be back hosting the hit BBC One dance show once again

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2 h. ago Princess Andre weighs in on growing feud between her mother Katie Price and father Peter Andre after her documentary ignited a firestorm

Princess Andre has spoken about why she doesn't get involved in her father Peter and mother Katie Price's public feud following their bitter split 16 years ago.

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2 h. ago BBC Strictly's Amy Dowden shares unexpected news 'I can't believe this'

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shared some big news with her fans ahead of her return to the iconic BBC ballroom.

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star 'lets slip' pro dance partner with major hint

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 star George Clarke has seemingly let slip who he has been partnered with for the upcoming series after dropping a major hint during his podcast

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