The pair triumphantly lifted the glitterball on Saturday after being crowned the winners of the 23rd series of the BBC One dance programme.

A manhunt has been launched following a daylight robbery. Officers are appealing for information after a blue Sur Ron Light Bee X motorbike was stolen from Crosslet Road, Dumbarton, at around 2.30pm.

Ferry passengers faced queuing traffic towards the Port of Dover and some Cross Country trains between Manchester and Bournemouth were cancelled.

Some 803 people made the dangerous journey in 13 dinghies from northern France, starting overnight on Friday and into Saturday.

The evening also marked the final time presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman co-hosted the live weekend show together.

The winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, happens just after 3pm on Sunday.

A decision to hand over four independently run cafes in Hampstead Heath, including one regularly visited by actor Benedict Cumberbatch, to a group of Australian-inspired eateries has provoked “outrage ...

The pair announced in October that they would be leaving the BBC dancing competition after over a decade fronting the main show together.

Micheal Martin also met Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam and pressed him over justice for Private Sean Rooney who was killed in the country.

Prince George followed in his father’s footsteps as he helped out with Christmas lunch preparations at The Passage in central London.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is shown introducing paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to British high society in photographs released in a huge document dump.