nonetheless, they have apologised to amanda abbington.st read you a short part of that statement . at the time, of that statement. at the time, although the production team took steps to address the issues as they understood them, ultimately these were not enough. >> along with my fellow professional graziano di prima also left strictly amid allegations he kicked dance partner zara mcdermott. cien with several other celebrities and some staff members coming forward to speak of a toxic atmosphere off the dance floor. there is no doubt this episode has deeply damaged a much loved show, although for now at least, the glitterball is staying put. two other national scandals dominated the headlines over the past year shocking sexual allegations against the former harrods owner mohamed al—fayed, and fraud convictions against hundreds of wrongly accused subpostmasters were finally quashed. he was for many years one of the uk's most high profile and powerful businessmen. but for more than four decades, mohamed al—fayed, it's now clear, abused his

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against her dance partner, giovannibc introduced new duty of care measures, including putting chaperones in rehearsals. overall, this latest series has been largely scandal—free and those behind it will be hoping that this draws a line under a difficult period in the show�*s 20—year history. let�*s have a look at our final leaderboard. last night, though, it was all about the finalists. the leaderboard placed jb and lauren top and chris and dianne last. congratulations. for one final time to our wonderful... but in the end it came down to the public vote, and it was chris and dianne who had stolen the most hearts. noor nanji, bbc news. lucy proctor, is executive principal at the royal national college for the blind, which was chris former college. she told me that despite the fact he was the bookie�*s favourite, his victory wasn�*t a foregone conclusion. you can never take anything for granted. live television, anything can go wrong. but there was a huge amount of support for chris every single step of the way. i think

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against her dance partner, giovannire the show began, the bbc introduced new duty of care measures, including putting chaperones in rehearsals. overall, this latest series has been largely scandal—free and those behind it will be hoping that this draws a line under a difficult period in the show�*s 20—year history. let's have a look at our final leaderboard. last night, though, it was all about the finalists. the leaderboard placed jb and lauren top and chris and dianne last. congratulations. for one final time to our wonderful... but in the end it came down to the public vote, and it was chris and dianne who had stolen the most hearts. noor nanji, bbc news. let's speak to hosts of the strictly on the sofa podcast, laura stanley and flo sayers. welcome. my goodness, what a final. it was outstanding. the standard we saw last night, i think every couple got a0. three of thejudges think every couple got a0. three of the judges didn't have any other mark other than ten and it was such a final, and so emotionalfor and it was

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against herformer dance partneruced a number of new measures, including putting chaperones in rehearsals. but tonight all eyes are on the finalists as they take to the dance floor one last time. all of them will perform three routines, with the winner being decided by a public vote. noor nanji, bbc news. east 17 singer tony mortimer has surprised commuters at london's st pancras station by performing the christmas number one — stay another day. they sing. backed by the london community gospel choir, the performance celebrated the song's 30th anniversary. afterwards tony said it was a "magical experience". and probably quite magicalfor the commuters he was surprised by it as well. now for your weather forecast. hello. sunshine has made a bit of a reappearance for many today, but still a little on the cool side. that said, temperatures are where they should be this time of year. white colours indicate that on this chart. blues below average. reds above average. just notice, though, from sunday onwards, how the deeper

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against herformer dance partnera number of new measures, including putting chaperones in rehearsals. but tonight, all eyes are on the finalists as they take to the dance floor one last time. all of them will perform three routines, with the winner being decided by a public vote. noor nanji, bbc news. now, you've no doubt already heard lots of the classic christmas songs being played pretty much wherever you go. one of the most loved is i wish it could be christmas every day, which was a huge hit for birmingham band wizzard back in 1973. the original record included vocals from primary school children, who have now been reunited to record a new version. 0ur reporter sarahjulian has been to meet them. # well, i wish it could be christmas every day.# the soundtrack to everyone's christmas since roy wood and wizzard got to numberfour in the charts in 1973, but the stars of the song, the kids with the cute voices are not these ones with bobble hats and toy instruments. they were from a london drama school. the real vocal

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against her dance partner giovanniw duty—of—care measures, including putting chaperones in rehearsals. overall, this latest series has been largely scandal—free, and those behind it will be hoping that this draws a line under a difficult period in the show�*s 20—year history. tonight, though, it was all about the finalists, and in the end it came down to the public vote — and it was chris and dianne who had stolen the most hearts. noor nanji, bbc news. a reminder you can get more on that story and all the day's headlines on the website — bbc.com/news. you can check our app bbc.com/news. you can check our app or follow us on social media. i'm here in washington. plenty more coming up at the top of this hour. so stay with us right here on bbc news. hello there. well, finally, some blue sky and some sunshine for many parts of england and wales through the day on saturday. and it was a beautiful end to the day — lots of red skies around, including here in gosport in hampshire, with our approaching weather front. but it's t

the bbc apologised to amanda abbington and upheld some of her complaints against her dance partner giovannincluding putting chaperones in rehearsals. overall, this latest series has been largely scandal—free and those behind it will be hoping that this draws a line under a difficult period in the show�*s 20—year history. let's have a look at our final legal board. —— leaderboard. tonight, though, it was all about the finalists. the leaderboard faced gb top and chris and diane last. but in the end it came down to the public vote and it was chris and dianne who had stolen the most hearts. cheering and applause. noor nanji, bbc news. well done to them. it was quite emotional, the final last night. a little bit of a 1436 00:14:30,9