As former UK ballroom dance champion Richard Still was jailed for six years and eight months, the couple told friends they are struggling to come to terms with what happened to their daughter.
What does it take to get to the top in the world of competitive ballroom and Latin dancing? In her recent interview on Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne, Shirley Ballas, the head judge of Strictly Come Dancing, repeated the necessity of being resilient and “bulletproof” as she detailed the gruelling schedules, restrictive diets, misogyny and bullying she experienced in the dance world.
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Still was the lead safeguarding officer for the British Dance Council (BDC) - ballroom dancing s governing body - when he paid a girl to send him sexual images
Len Goodman died after prostate cancer spread to his bones, his death certificate has revealed. His cancer had returned more than a decade after he was treated in secret.