Steph McGovern breaks silence before final Steph's Packed Lunch today after axe

Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian has opened up about her 'year of grief' after losing one of her closest friends.The actress, who played Becca Dean on Hollyoaks and was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, was heartbroken when her friend Lou passed away shortly after she gave birth to her second child. As the year comes to an end, Ali has been reflecting on the past 12 months and has admitted that the loss of her friend still weighs heavily on her mind. She took to social media to share her ongoing struggle with grief and sadness, as reported in the Mirror.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin has spoken for the first time since missing out on being crowned this year's winner with Layton Williams.

Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier has admitted to 'missing' his co-star as he opened up about feeling 'lost' now the show has ended. The EastEnders actor made it all the way to the end of the BBC One dance contest with professional dance partner Dianne Buswell.

Danielle Harold has set the record straight about her rumoured romance with Pete Wicks after the pair appeared to be getting cosy at the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! wrap party. Former TOWIE star Pete had jetted out to Australia to support his best pal Sam Thompson, who was ultimately crowned King of the Jungle, but found himself entangled in a number of romance rumours - including with former EastEnders actress Danielle.

Former TOWIE star Pete Wicks has broken his silence after he was linked with partners of I'm A Celebrity... Get me Out Of Here! stars while he was enjoying his time down under. Pete, who jetted off to Australia to support his bestie Sam Thompson, was spotted getting cosy with EastEnders star Danielle Harold, as well as enjoying a night out with Nick Pickard's girlfriend Sarah Corrin.

Coleen Nolan's son, Shane, has broken his silence after it was reported that he and wife Maddie Wahdan have split after he was unfaifthul.The couple, who tied the knot last year after six years together, have been hit with rumours their marriage is over due to alleged unfaithfulness on Shane's part. Shane is reported to have confessed to seeing another woman while still with Maddie, leaving the Miss Great Britain star "heartbroken." Shane has since taken to his Instagram Story, where he appeared to make light of the situation with a couple of cheeky posts shared to his 42,900 followers. One showed a canoeist battling rough waters, captioned: "Therapist: How's it going? Me: Just going with the flow! The flow." Another post featured a child going down a slide on their back, with the caption: "Me trying to make it to the end of 2023." Opening up about Maddie and Shane's split, one insider claimed that his mum is "really upset".

Strictly Come Dancing came to a close on Saturday night, and Coronation Street's Ellie Leach and her partner Vito Coppola were victorious. Ellie and Vito beat their fellow contestants, EastEnders' Bobby Brazier and his partner, Dianne Buswell, and Bad Education's Layton Williams and his partner Nikita Kuzmin to the iconic Glitterball trophy. However, after what we can only imagine were a slew of elaborate celebrations over the course of the evening, the Strictly stars have all come back down to reality.

Strictly star Layton Williams has broken their silence after losing out to Ellie Leach in the final on Saturday.

Layton Williams has broken his silence after missing out on the Glitterball trophy at the Strictly Come Dancing final on Saturday, 16 December. The West End star, 29, returned to Instagram on Sunday, 17 December following the Strictly grand final and boozy afterparty. Layton, who competed with Nikita Kuzmin on the BBC One show, reposted a video from a fan to his Stories.

Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has broken his silence after it was revealed that his dance partner, Amanda Abbington, wouldn't be joining him for the show's grand finale.The journey for the pair has been a bit bumpy, both on and off the dance floor. Despite their fiery performances winning over the audience, there were whispers of tension between the 33 year old Italian dancer and the 51 year old actress.

Charley Webb has appeared to brush off recent drama surrounding her split from estranged husband Matthew Wolfenden as she returned to Instagram on Saturday, 16 December.The Emmerdale actress, 35, announced in November she'd split from co-star Matthew, 43, with the pair, who share three children, releasing a statement via social media, in which they vowed to “remain friends.” Matthew has since been spotted looking cosy with rumoured new love interest Heather Scott-Martin.The actor has since furiously denied any reports that he'd been unfaithful to Charley. Charley ignored the recent controversy and took to Instagram to show off her Christmas-themed nails on Saturday.

After it was announced that she won't be attending the Strictly Come Dancing final, Amanda Abbington has now broken her silence and shared a message to the finalists. The actress, 51, was part of this year's Strictly line-up but she pulled out of the competition for "personal reasons" in October, just weeks after making her debut on the dance floor with partner Giovanni Pernice.

Justin Timberlake said “no disrespect” before singing Cry Me a River live on stage - in an apparent reference to his ex Britney Spears' new memoir. The 42 year old singer, formerly a member of boyband NSYNC, reportedly made the comment before launching into his hit song at Fontainebleau in Las Vegas this week.The track caused a stir when it was released in 2002 - eight months after Justin and Britney split - as it implied that she had been unfaithful to him when they were together. Lyrics in the song included: "You don't have to say, what you did, I already know, I found out from him.” And further fuelled was added to fire when a Britney lookalike was cast in the music video for the song.

I'm A Celebrity star Tony Bellew is finally back in charge of his social media accounts after leaving the show and has sent a special message to winner Sam Thompson. "I'm over the moon, I can't believe I got as far as I did," he told his Instagram followers on Thursday night, 14 December.

Johannes Radebe has broken his silence on his exit from Strictly Come Dancing with an emotional message to his dance partner Annabel Croft. The professional dancer and former tennis player narrowly missed out on a spot in the final after finding themselves in the dance-off on Sunday (Dec 10).

The Met Office has delivered its verdict on a so-called 'snow bomb' that has previously been predicted to grip the UK in the run-up to Christmas.

Steph McGovern was in tears today on Channel 4 today as she bid an emotional farewell to Steph's Packed Lunch.

Steph McGovern has made an emotional speech to mark her last ever episode of Steph's Packed Lunch as the show has been axed by Channel 4. Former BBC business reporter Steph, 41, has hosted the lunchtime chat show for three years, but earlier this year it was announced that the programme was being cancelled and would air its last episode in December. As Steph was joined by some of the show's regular guests, including Kate Bottley, Chris Kamara, Simon Rimmer, Russell Kane and Marcus Brigstocke, the Middlesbrough-born journalist paid tribute to the show as a "Northern power house".

Steph McGovern has broken her silence as her Channel 4 show Steph's Packed Lunch airs for the final time today.

Nella Rose was back on TV screens days after leaving the jungle after pulling out of her first post-I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here interview. During Monday night's (December 4) instalment of jungle action, hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly headed into camp to reveal the results of the latest 'vote to save'.