dancing contestant wynne evans says he's "heartbroken" over suggestions he made his dance partner katya jones uncomfortable — they say it was "a very silly inside joke". on bbc london... at breaking point. and good news for england. ben stokes back for the second test against pakistan starting tomorrow after missing four tests with a hamstring injury. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. a public inquiry into the salisbury novichok poisonings has opened this morning. the salisbury novichok poisonings it's heard that dawn sturgess — the 44—year—old mother who died after coming into contact with the nerve agent — was an innocent victim, caught in the crossfire of what was described as an "illegal and outrageous assassination attempt". the inquiry is expected to last several weeks and will focus on every detail of how the death took place. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this was dawn sturgess just a week before she died. the tragic conclusion to months of events concerning spies, nerve agents and perfume bottles. dawn was 44 and the mother of three children. the story had begun f

we are not. >> now, katya jones has previous on this because it was her brief relationship with comedian sean walsh that saw him thrown off the show, and pretty much his career destroyed . career destroyed. >> well, this is what katya is trying to do now. she's trying to save wynn's reputation here because she did have that scandalous kiss with sean while she was married to neil jones, another professional dancer on the show . the show. >> so now that killed their marriage, didn't it? >> both totally dead in the water. but now, with this win, he's been such a lovable character up until now. but i think now a lot of women are going to be questioning, is he some kind of going too far with his touches? and it will be totally unfair if it was just an innocent touch. >> well, that's right, if there's going to be a victim here. if it was an innocent joke. yeah. wyn jones will pay the price professional, won't he ? the price professional, won't he? >> he will professionally. and also, you can see already the spark has gone. when he was talking about tonight, he didn't want to hug katya. and she

katya jones said the idea she had been offended is complete nonsense.sional dancers, the bbc announced steps to strengthen support measures for the programme�*s celebrities and dancers. with another eight weeks of its 20th series to go, the show will hope eyes are trained on the dance floor, not the headlines. nickjohnson, bbc news. a spacecraft has blasted off from florida on the hunt for signs of alien life. its destination is europa — a deeply mysterious moon orbiting the distant planetjupiter, with potentially twice as much water as earth. the clipper won�*t arrive until 2030 but what it finds could change what we know about life in our solar system. pallab ghosh reports. two, one. ignition. and lift off. up and on its way, on a mission to see if life could exist on another world. the europa clipper spacecraft sets off on a 1.8 billion milejourney. it�*ll passjupiter and heads towards the ice covered moon the spacecraft is named after. europa is almost the same size as our own moon but that�*s where the similarity ends. it doesn�*t have any craters.

minutes later, while waiting for the results of another couple's performance, katya jones appears toand off of her stomach. the pair then recorded a message later on saturday night addressing fans�* concerns. hi, everybody. hi, everybody. we 'ust hi, everybody. hi, everybody. we just wanted to say we were just messing — just wanted to say we were just messing around on saturday night and 'ust messing around on saturday night and just want— messing around on saturday night and just want to _ messing around on saturday night and just want to say sorry. it messing around on saturday night and just want to say sorry.— just want to say sorry. it was a silly joke- — just want to say sorry. it was a silly joke. yeah, _ just want to say sorry. it was a silly joke. yeah, sorry. - but after continued criticisum, particularly of that second video appearing to show evans' hand onjones' stomach, katya published another video on instagram. i need to make something crystal—clear. the bbc has declined to comment, but a source at strictly come dancing has told bbc news that the welfare team have chec

quicksteps into 2024, its 20th anniversary year, and one of its veteran professional dancers is katya joneseries and took the glitterball home in 2017 with her celebrity partnerjoe mcfadden. it'sjoe and katya! this year, she's been paired with the welsh opera singer wynne evans, best known to many as the singer from the go compare adverts. but on saturday, four weeks into the current series, viewers noticed what appeared to be an uncomfortable dynamic play out between the pair following their tango to abba's money, money, money. katya appeared to ignore wynne's attempt at a high five, seeming to roll her eyes after doing so. later in the show, while waiting for their scores, katya moved wynne's hand away from her waist. we don't have too. much longer to wait. well done. tess. but the pair's reaction on saturday night to the resulting social media storm — nothing to see here. we just wanted to say we were just messing around in the clauditorium on saturday night and just want to say sorry. it was a sillyjoke. yeah, sorry. wynne evans is also a presenter on bbc radio wales, and doubled down o

the strictly come dancing professional, katya jones, has dismissed suggestions that her celebrity partnerble during saturday's show. clips from the programme show her moving his hand when he puts it on her waist and her appearing to avoid a high five from him. in a video posted on social media, jones later said the incidents were an "insidejoke" between the pair. a three—armed robot has successfully conducted a concert orchestra in germany. the robot, which was holding three glowing batons, guided the musicians of the dresden sinfoniker through a specifically composed piece of music. watch the musicians faces as they follow this! it took two years to develop and train the machine to successfully conduct the orchestra. artistic director markus rindt said it wasn't intended to replace human conductors, but to perform complex music that might be otherwise impossible. i'm not sure about this, jon. it is not intended _ i'm not sure about this, jon. it is not intended to _ i'm not sure about this, jon. it 3 not intended to replace conductors but we have not employed a conductor!— but we have no

katya jones said the idea she had been offended is complete nonsense.hecked on the pair and will not be taking further action. strictly�*s 20th year has not been a waltz in the park. following complaints about the behaviour of two former professional dancers, the bbc announced steps to strengthen support measures for the programme's celebrities and dancers. with another eight weeks of its 20th series to go, the show will hope eyes are trained on the dance floor, not the headlines. nickjohnson, bbc news. hello. we've had some big contrasts in the weather throughout monday. across much of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, it's been glorious with plenty of sunshine — a bit of snow here on the tops of the scottish mountains. further south, though, for wales, midlands, east anglia, southern england, we've had extensive cloud, some heavy rain around in the morning, but most of that cleared off. just an odd patch of drizzle left over into the afternoon. but cloud was certainly reluctant to break up. and overnight, this zone of cloudier weather is g

video emerging, appearing to show welsh opera singer wyn evans touching his strictly dance partner katya jones, inappropriately reaching his hand around her waist. take a look at the offending video so there he is behind her and she's she's moving his hand away from hers. i mean, it looks like highly inappropriate behaviour. if that happened on public transport, you'd be arrested. but this follows another clip showing jones offering a high five to his partner but being rejected . there you go. that's rejected. there you go. that's pretty embarrassing, isn't it ? pretty embarrassing, isn't it? and now the two of them have said the whole thing was a joke. take a listen. hi, everybody. >> hi, everyone. it's winnie and cassie here. we just wanted to say we were just messing around in the auditorium on saturday night and just want to say sorry. it was a silly joke. yeah, sorry. >> okay, well , folks, what on >> okay, well, folks, what on earth is going on? let's speak to one of the best connected showbiz journalists in the country. stephanie takyi. stephanie. >> good evening. mark. >> good evening.

this video emerged, appearing to show a welsh opera singer, wyn evans, touching his dance partner katya jones inappropriately. should we have a little look .7 a little look? >> shortly after our final couple has performed? and you don't have too much longer to wait . well done. wait. well done. >> yeah. not great, i don't think. but since then, the dance partners have issued an awkward hostage video apology. apology ? hostage video apology. apology? so the whole thing was a joke . so the whole thing was a joke. >> hi, everybody. hi, everyone. it's wynn and cassie here. we just wanted to say we were just messing around in the auditorium on saturday night, and just want to say sorry. it was a silly joke. >> yeah, sorry . >> yeah, sorry. >> yeah, sorry. >> all right. nana, what do you think's going on here? >> oh, come on, he just got a bit handy, and she went, get off! but she did it in a nice way because the cameras were rolling. but unfortunately, the camera caught it, and i thought she looked incredibly uncomfortable when he did that. and then this little hostage video of her trying to sort

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