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    Chris McCausland triumphs in Strictly Come Dancing 2024 as he clinches Glitterball Trophy

    BBC Strictly Come Dancing has crowned its winner of the 2024 series as the Glitterball Trophy was handed to one of the four final couples in a tense live final20:43, 14 Dec 2024Updated 21:04, 14 Dec 2024Strictly: Tess tells Chris how happy Dianne is with himChris McCausland has been crowned the king of the dance floor, scooping the Strictly title for 2024 with partner Dianne Buswell in a live Saturday night finale. Out of four power pairings, only one emerged to snatch the Glitterball Trophy—a decision unveiled by show stalwarts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.Finalists including Chris and Dianne, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, plus Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec, faced off after months of gruelling rehearsals and dazzling performances. As the final votes were counted, speculation was rife amongst armchair judges at home who predicted Chris’s triumph hours before curtain call.This year’s dark horse and the series’ first visually-impaired contestant, Chris has tugged at heartstrings nationwide. Progressing under Dianne’s careful tutelage, he’s transformed into a dance sensation, reeling in heaps of fan praise.Chris McCausland wins Strictly (Image: More

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    Emmerdale star ‘very upset’ over new plot as character faces ‘unimaginable horror’

    Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock has opened up about a new and ‘horrible’ storyline for his character Marlon Dingle, which happens when his young daughter April goes missing16:43, 14 Dec 2024Updated 16:44, 14 Dec 2024Ross Barton is terrified to find April Windsor held near the edge of a car parkEmmerdale is set to deliver some gut-wrenching drama as one family is plunged into “unimaginable horror”. One of the soap’s stars has admitted that the upcoming scripts had him “very upset”, describing the plot as both “moving” and “horrible”.Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, said intense storyline will ramp up in the next few weeks.He said viewers are in for some distressing scenes starting with his on-screen daughter April, aged 15, vanishing without a trace.Emmerdale’s Marlon Dingle actor Mark Charnock has teased a devastating new storyline is on the way(Image: More