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Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Week 5 scores and leaderboard

Here are the scores and leaderboard for week five on 2025. See how each celeb fared and who impressed the judges the most.
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Why did Stefan Dennis have to quit Strictly Come Dancing?

Neighbours star Stefan Dennis previously announced that he would be leaving the Strictly Come Dancing series early. Here’s why.
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Epping asylum seeker freed from jail on London train: Recap

A manhunt is underway for an asylum seeker and sex offender accidentally freed from jail after he boarded a train for London. Live updates here.
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Liberal Democrat peer Lord Taverne has died aged 97

Liberal Democrat peer and former Labour Treasury minister Lord Taverne has died aged 97. As Dick Taverne he was a Treasury minister as the UK prepared to move to decimal currency and championed the ...
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Claudia and Tess return to Strictly after exit confirmation

Strictly viewers have been reacting to the BBC show as hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly return after exit announcement.
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Kebatu Epping asylum seeker travelling around London trains

An asylum seeker and sex offender who was accidentally freed from prison is travelling around London on the train and talking with strangers.
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'Pretty' Sussex village said to be haunted by a ghost

Kingston-near-Lewes is nestled in the South Downs in East Sussex, and a local legend has it that the village has its own ghost.
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Louis Theroux dealt huge blow after Bob Vylan interview

British Airways has paused its sponsorship of the Louis Theroux podcast following an interview with Bob Vylan’s frontman. The punk duo made headlines this summer after leading chants of “death, death ...