2 h. ago Holidaymakers issued 'overcharging' warning in popular holiday spot as restaurant staff share secret

Brits heading abroad have been urged to double-check their bills when dining out - after a former restaurant employee revealed an 'industry secret'.

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3 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden in tears as she shares major news ahead of show return

The Strictly Come Dancing star was overwhelmed with emotion as she told fans the exciting news she had 'woken' to weeks before her BBC return.

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4 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2025 star says 'I will miss you' as they say emotional goodbye

One of the stars has shared an emotional goodbye as they prepare to make their debut in the ballroom

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5 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fat jab alert with 'five stars at risk'

It has been claimed that five of the cohort of 15 celebrities taking part in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing are taking 'fat jabs' and there are worries they might struggle to perform week on week

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5 h. ago BBC Strictly stars 'on weight loss jabs' sparking fears about durability on show

A TV insider said that use of the fat loss injections is 'rife' among the Strictly Come Dancing stars this year

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6 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas reveals she thought she was 'better off dead' in 'darkest hours' admission

The admission comes in an extract from her new memoir Best Foot Forward

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6 h. ago Five Strictly Come Dancing celebrities ’taking fat jabs ahead of the new series’

Concerns have been raised about celebrities taking the drugs before the dance competition, which involves four-months of intense physical activity

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6 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden fights tears as she 'wakes' to major news before show return

The dancer was overcome with emotion as she told fans the exciting news she had 'woken' to weeks before her BBC return

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7 h. ago A Short History of Stupidity by Stuart Jeffries review – comfortably dumb?

From Shakespeare’s fools to Donald Trump, this exhilarating read considers stupidity in its many formsStupidity, no question, can be just as rich and subtle as its opposite. Three and a half decades on, I still sometimes meditate on what a school friend of mine said in a here’s-a-profound-thought tone of voice: “I’d rather be stupid than happy”.In this clever book, Stuart Jeffries starts out at a double disadvantage, though. First: he has an excellently snappy title but it’s open to question whether stupidity can be said to have a history in any meaningful sense. The quality of stupidity is just, sort of, there; and there’s lots of it. Could you write a history of happiness, or bad luck, or knees? You’d be on firmer ground, as he recognises, historicising the concept of stupidity: a short history, in other words, of “stupidity” – how successive societies and thinkers have defined and responded to reason’s derr-brained secret sharer. As an intellectual historian w...

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9 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke devastating admission about family life

Strictly Come Dancing professional Anton Du Beke has opened up about his violent father

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12 h. ago Five Strictly celebs taking fat jabs sparking fears over performance on gruelling BBC show

Celebs on the new series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing could strugglle to stay on their feet, if they are among those believed to be using the revolutionary fat jabs to cut weight

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19 h. ago Netflix’s Love Is Blind star says ‘sign me up’ to Strictly Come Dancing

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Strictly Come Dancing 2025, it seems one Netflix star may have his sights set on that glitterball in the near future.

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19 h. ago Britain's Got Talent Bruno Tonioli's replacement confirmed as judge quits ITV talent show

The former Strictly Come Dancing star has decided to quit the ITV show and his replacement has already been confirmed

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24 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Katya Jones told 'gets better and better' in show of support by co

She's set to return to the famous ballroom this year, after the BBC confirmed its pro line-up for the 2025 series earlier this year

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25 h. ago Vicky Pattison sends 'goodbye' message as Strictly Come Dancing fans issue verdict

The reality star and presenter is among the 15 celebrities set to take to the dancefloor as the hit BBC One dance contest returns

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25 h. ago Vernon Kay says 'don't even go there' as he issues warning about Strictly 2025 contestant

Speaking on his BBC Radio 2 show this morning (September 1), Vernon Kay warned one of his colleagues to not "even go there" in a warning about a new Strictly Come Dancing contestant

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26 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola hails 'friendship' as fans gush over co

Fans have been quick to respond to updates from Vito and just three of his other co-stars from the hit BBC One dance show

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26 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Hauer admits 'butterflies' as fans rush to support '14 series' update

The professional dancer, who is the longest-serving female pro on the show, is set to return to the dancefloor this month

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28 h. ago Strictly star Tom Skinner's son has surgery days before show start after dad taken ill

Strictly Come Dancing is less than three weeks away but there's something far more important on the mind of Thomas Skinner with his toddler son and dad both in hospital

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29 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans go wild for 'reunion of dreams' weeks before new series

Fans have been going wild for the 'reunion of dreams' with there now just weeks to go until the new series gets underway

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