James Jordan sparks fury with 'idiotic' joke about International Women's Day

Guinness World Record for the shortest non-mobile woman in the world.She had her record confirmed last October and told South West News Service that she’s “really proud” to be the first Haitian-American to hold the honor. (The world’s shortest living mobile woman is influencer and actress Jyoti Kisanji Amge.)Now the high schooler wants to educate others about her condition and has set up a YouTube channel detailing her passions for fashion and lifestyle.She already adores the fan support and love she receives from them. “I’ve always had a really positive reaction on social media,” she said.

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When Jessica bought sperm to start a family with her wife 18 years ago, she would never have believed the twists and turns her life would take after her daughter was born. Now though she is in a relationship with the father of her daughter Alice, 16. “I was married to my wife and living in another state and we decided to get an anonymous sperm donor,” explains Jessica, 45, who appeared on hit C4 show Steph’s Packed Lunch yesterday.

Former Ex on The Beach star Ashley Cain and his girlfriend Safiyya Vorajee announced on Wednesday 30 March that they've called time on their relationship, just weeks before the one year anniversary of the death of their eight month old daughter Azaylia. Ashley shared the "incredibly tough decision" with his 1.8 million Instagram followers, revealing he and Safiyya had split a few months ago. Now Bianca Neumann, Head of Bereavement at the Sue Ryder grief charity has exclusively explained to OK! the effects that losing a child can have on a relationship.

Kate Garraway has been forced to make the tough decision of closing her husband Derek Draper's firm after racking up almost £200,000 worth of debt.The 54 year old was appointed director of Derek's once successful psychotherapy company, Astra Aspera Ltd, after he was struck down with a long and gruelling battle with Covid in 2020. And on Tuesday, it was revealed that a liquidator was appointed to break up the firm's assets as the company owes £184,000, including £125,000 in taxes.

David and Victoria Beckham are "extremely upset and worried" after the burglary on their London mansion, a source has said. It was reported that a mask robber burgled the property while David, 46, Victoria, 47, and their 10 year old daughter Harper were asleep at home.Their son Cruz, 17, discovered that the house had been broken into after returning home from an evening with friends.

The wife of a missing dad is "emotionally drained" as the search for him rages on.

A man has been arrested following a police standoff in Inverness.

A "kind and loving" man tragically slipped and fell five storeys to his death in front of his horrified girlfriend after a New Year's Eve night out.

A Perth school pupil suffered serious burns after an aerosol can was set on fire.

Janey Godley has recalled seeing her late mum attacked by an axe-wielding ex-boyfriend on the 40th anniversary of her death.

Strictly Come Dancing professional James Jordan, 43, has shared a heartbreaking post marking the first anniversary of his father death. Allan died aged 67 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour a year before.In an emotional post shared to his followers on Twitter and Instagram, James said his dad’s passing is the “hardest thing he’s ever had to deal with”.Alongside a photo of his dad holding James’ baby daughter Ella, he penned: “Today it’s been one year since we lost my hero and dad - Allan Jordan.“The hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in life so far.“I still have bad days, as many of you I’m sure can relate to.“I think about him all the time and will miss him till the day I die.

James Jordan has paid a heartbreaking tribute to his beloved father Allan as he marked a year since he passed away. Former Strictly Come Dancing professional James, 43, shared a photo of his dad Allan smiling while holding his baby daughter Ella on his Twitter page to remember Allan. James then shared his heartache over the tragic loss of his father, and admitted his dad's death was "the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with".

Strictly Come Dancing following a rare compliment from one of the programme's former professional dancers, James Jordan.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the Love Island star, 23, spoke candidly about her experience stripping off while taking part on Strictly the Real Full Monty and discussed her new role as a judge for the Pour Moi Uplifting Women Awards.In 2021, the Love Island star stripped off on the ITV show to raise awareness of cancer.Former Strictly pros James and Ola Jordan oversaw the celebrities who were taking part and Demi revealed that at one point she was partnered with James.She said: "I'm not even going to blow my trumpet here."The first day, they didn't actually show this on TV, but the first day we had a dance.They put us in couples to try and get us used to each other."And they put me with James and he said I was a complete natural!"A Strictly professional said I was a natural on my first day, so I was absolutely buzzing, they're so amazing," Demi gushed.She went on to reveal that she'd love to take part in the hit BBC dance show in the future.Demi said: "I'd absolutely love to do Strictly."I don't think they'd had a Love Islander before but hopefully in the future, I can change their minds."But I haven't had a call since I did the Full Monty so maybe they weren't impressed by my dancing so far," she added.Demi bared all on The Real Full Monty following her brutal battle with thyroid cancer.The star was diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease back in May after developing a golf ball-sized tumour in her neck, leading to her undergoing multiple surgeries to combat it.Demi broke the news that she was cancer free on the ITV show to her co-stars but also shared it in a post on social media."I’M

Dancing on Ice has delivered spectacular, show-stopping performances over the years as celebrities do their best to wow audiences and the infamous judging panel.While some contestants clearly struggle to make it across the ice in one piece, others take like ducks to water as they naturally whizz around the rink.The celebs' natural ability to woo viewers has led the competitive stars to achieve amazing scores throughout their time on the show and peaking at the perfect 40.With Brendan Cole receiving the first 40 so far in the show, Daily Star has taken a look back at the most breathtaking performances to date.In 2014, actor Ray Quinn put on a dazzling performance which left the judging panel stunned.Ray's steamy flamenco dance had the judges quickly reaching for their maracas as he lifted the mood with his Spanish-inspired dance.The former X Factor finalist left the Dancing on Ice audience spellbound as many rose to their feet to offer him a standing ovation for his uplifting routine.Singing his praises at the time, judge Jason Gardiner who was often hard to please described the dance as "sublime."He added: "Perfection. Every nuance.

Dancing On Ice stars Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have slammed former Strictly dancer James Jordan as they hit out at claims that the show is "fixed".Judges Jayne, 64, and Chris, 63, admitted feeling "bored" at suggestions the show is giving an unfair advantage to contestants who come in with professional dance training as they cited James as an example of the lack of truth behind the accusations.Viewers have hit out at former Strictly professional Brendan Cole on the current series as they feel his professional dancer training has helped him progress on the show.But now Jayne and Chris have insisted that Brendan's one-time Strictly colleague James put on a “very weak” performance as a skater before he won the show in 2019.Talking to The Sun Jayne said: “We're used to it, aren't we, Chris really?”They then confessed being "bored" of the accusations as Chris said: “We're just judging what we see.“But the majority of the time, it's the viewers at home that are voting to keep people in.”Jayne then gave James as an example saying: “James Jordan, we were very excited that he was doing it.“But his actual skating skills at the beginning were really very weak, very poor, and it was only the fact that he went away and worked really hard that moved him on.”Their comments came after Happy Mondays star Bez, 57, said he felt contestants with pro dance training had an advantage after he was voted off the show.He told The Sun: “For everybody, we're all in the same boat. Everyone has to learn how to skate and that is such a hard skill to learn.“You've got to give everyone credit for it.

Dancing On Ice is “fixed”.They went on to insist that 2019 winner James Jordan’s skating skills were “very weak” at the start of the show.Dancing On Ice judges Jayne, 64, and Chris, 63, have been left rolling their eyes at the latest bout of accusations that their show is “fixed”.Some viewers have been complaining that some contestants on the popular ITV skating competition have an unfair advantage due to being professionally trained dancers. A lot of these comments were directed towards Brendan Cole, who was the first professional dancer to ever win Strictly Come Dancing with Natasha Kaplinsky back in 2004.However, the judges have insisted that Brendan’s former Strictly contemporary, James Jordan, was a “very weak” skater before he went on to win the show in 2019. With reference to the ongoing “fix” rumours, Jayne told The Sun: “We're used to it, aren't we, Chris really?”They added that they were "bored" of the accusations and Chris said: “We're just judging what we see. “But the majority of the time, it's the viewers at home that are voting to keep people in.”The Olympic legends offered up 2019’s winner James as an example, with Jayne saying: “James Jordan, we were very excited that he was doing it.“But his actual skating skills at the beginning were really very weak, very poor, and it was only the fact that he went away and worked really hard that moved him on.” These comments come after Happy Mondays star Bez, 57, admitted contestants with dance experience do have an advantage after he was voted out of the show.The star left the ITV show two weeks ago after losing in a skate-off against Coronation Street’s Sally Dynevor. He told The Sun: “For everybody, we're all in the same boat.

Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan has taken to Instagram following his public Twitter spat with head judge Shirley Ballas, as he made a desperate plea for the conflict in Ukraine to end. Just days ago James, 43, and Shirley, 61, found themselves disagreeing over whether the Russian members of the dance community have spoken out about the war in Ukraine.In view of his 242,000 Instagram followers, James issued a plea for the conflict in Ukraine to end.While watching an interview on Sky News, the Strictly star weighed in with his thoughts.He could be heard saying: "It is such a shame that all men in Russia can't be like this one."He just said he's embarrassed for Russia and doesn't believe what's going on."Let's hope that people of Russia stop this b****y madness, please," he added.James' plea comes just days after he entered into a Twitter spat with Strictly's head judge, Shirley.

Strictly Come Dancing former pro dancer James Jordan entered into a tense back and forth on Twitter with head judge Shirley Ballas over claims that past and present Russian dancers haven't shown enough support for Ukraine, which is currently being invaded by Russia under President Vladimir Putin's orders. Following 43 year old James's angry rant on what he perceived past colleagues to have done to help in the crisis, Shirley couldn't let his comments slide by, in a row that comes amid controversy over former dancer Kristina Rihanoff's comments about Russia and Ukraine.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Nikita Kuzmin has reached out to fans to thank them for their donations to help Ukrainian people but has urged them to help him spread awareness of the situation.MORE: Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin inundated with support after sharing 'heartbreaking' postTaking to his Instagram Stories, the 24-year-old shared a recent post from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, which showed several front pages from newspapers around the world.WATCH: DWTS alum Maks Chmerkovskiy posts devastating video from Kyiv as Russia invades Ukraine"The whole world knows the truth. The whole world hears.

Strictly stars James Jordan and Shirley Ballas had a very public disagreement over the weekend after comments made by James relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.MORE: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood talks Oti Mabuse exit: 'It's brilliant news'Shirley made it clear she had taken offence to James's comments about Russian dancers on the BBC show as she hit back on Twitter.WATCH: Ola and James Jordan take Ella shopping for her birthdayIt came after James tweeted about his perceived lack of action, writing: "I don't see many of the Russian dancers I know and have even shared the Strictly dance floor with them openly speaking out about the war against Ukraine.READ: Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff's fans share disappointment after Russian dancer clarifies Ukraine commentsMORE: Ben Cohen's ex-wife regrets explicit rant about Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff"But are still promoting themselves on social media - very disappointed. They know who they are - not 1 post about it." Shirley was among those to respond to James's commentsOne of James's followers took issue with her remarks, replying: "What an ignorant, thoughtless comment.