Dan Walker: Last News

football player Pelé has died after being in hospital for nearly a month, following a long battle with colon cancer.

Shirley Ballas, 62, took to Twitter and responded to a social media critic who claimed the Strictly Come Dancing head judge was "biased".The tweet came just hours before Hamza Yassin, 32, and his professional dance partner Jowita Przystal were crowned this year's winners of Strictly and lifted the Glitterball trophy.Taking to the micro-blogging site on December 17, a Twitter user hit out at the head judge over Will Mellor who did not make it to the show final.Richard claimed: "Shirley I hope you learn from your mistakes or review your biased judging. I understand directly that Will thinks your judging was not fit for purpose on the night."Shirley furiously hit back at the social media troll branding them "Mr Nasty".In view of her 89,000 followers, she penned: "Again another Mr Nasty with no picture all strong behind a keyboard.

Dan Walker, 45, took part in Strictly Come Dancing last year and has made his opinions clear week in and week out on the 2022 series.The former BBC Breakfast presenter took to Twitter this evening to share that he believes Helen Skelton was the real winner of the show as she "danced through a whirlwind".Dan shared a picture of Helen alongside her Strictly partner Gorka Marquez in view of her 783,900 followers.He captioned the post: "Well done Hamza… Helen didn’t win but she has won."She danced through a whirlwind, never mentioned it and remained dignified throughout."Her mum, dad and kids must be so proud of her. Well done @HelenSkelton & @gorkamarquez1 #Strictly."Many social media users took to the comments to share their views on tonight's finale and the result of Hamza Yassin lifting the Glitterball.Stevecathutch said: "Hamza has been the most consistent, impressive week in week out."Helen, though, has grown and grown every week and was probably the best on the night so massive credit to her for finding herself and her confidence.

Morning Live but others apparently weren't.The 44-year-old joked that he was allowed to lie down in between items as he jokingly clarified his position on the show.A Twitter user wrote: "Still don’t understand why @GethincJones sits on a sofa on @BBCMorningLive & the other presenters sit on an armchair."Why don’t both of them sit on the sofa or he sits on the other armchair.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's controversial Netflix documentary is finally out and, as expected, has most definitely caused a stir amongst viewers. In the series, the couple give fans a never seen before insight into their relationship and also discuss what is was like being in the royal family. Within minutes of the show being dropped, the likes of Dan Walker, Piers Morgan and Nicola Thorp shared their thoughts online.Piers, as expected, had some harsh words to say about the pair in which he likened the documentary to Keeping Up With The Kardashians.In a series of tweets, he also said the pair were "boring" and slammed Prince Harry for saying Meghan doesn't have a father.Dan Walker had a more neutral opinion on the situation.Meghan and Harry's award leaves Piers Morgan baffled 'Bulls**t'Taking to Twitter, he wrote: "Here’s an idea… if you are one of those people telling everyone you don’t care about Harry and Meghan then don’t post about them and don’t watch them on Netflix #HarryandMeghanNetflix."Former Coronation Street star Nicola Thorp also shared her thoughts before and during watching the documentary.Last night, she commented: "In light of tomorrow’s documentary release…just ask yourself where the negative press on [Prince] William has been all these years.

Dan Walker has divided users on Twitter with his advice to people surrounding Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix series, Harry & Meghan.The Channel 5 presenter urged users who say they “don’t care” about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex not to bother watching the series at all.His tweet comes after Harry & Meghan was released on UK Netflix on Thursday morning.He wrote: “Here’s an idea… if you are one of those people telling everyone you ‘don’t care about Harry and Meghan’ then don’t post about them and don’t watch them on Netflix.”Hundreds of users have since taken to the comments to share their thoughts.Neil raged: “It's somewhat akin to rubbernecking and stopping to observe a tragedy, people won't be able to help themselves. I won't watch because it lines their pockets and disrespects their family.” While Alun added: “When a lot of people in the country are struggling seeing two married millionaires going on about how hard their lives are and how unfairly they have been treated is a bit of a p**s take.”To which Tracey responded: “Ah, bless.

Cheers star Kirstie Alley's exact cause of death confirmed by repNick Lucas commented: "Watching something to be outraged."Joanne Conaty typed: "Knew you would be up 8am to watch the people you cant stand!"Addressing negative opinions about the documentary, Dan Walker also wrote in a tweet: "Here’s an idea… if you are one of those people telling everyone you 'don’t care about Harry and Meghan' then don’t post about them and don’t watch them on Netflix #HarryandMeghanNetflix."Piers' tweet comes as one of his many swipes at the pair.This week he accused Harry and Meghan of causing "irreparable damage" to the royal family.He slammed the couple for recently collecting their award for tackling structural racism within the monarchy.At the Ripple of Hope Awards in New York City on Wednesday night, they spoke about wanting to be advocates of healing.In a sarcastic tone on his Uncensored show, he said: "Because that’s really what they’re all about isn’t it - healing.“It’s the one word you really associate with Meghan and Harry as they trash their family on an almost weekly basis.”

Meghan Markle's and Prince Harry's new series, the latter claimed there is "leaking" and "planting" of stories within the Royal Family.The Duke of Sussex branded it a "dirty game" in the second Netflix trailer for Harry & Meghan, which dropped today.Former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker took to Twitter and reacted to the teaser, in view of his 780,000 followers.In the clip, Harry also discusses the "pain and suffering" of women marrying into the Royal Family.He says: "It's really hard to look back on it now and go 'what on earth happened?'"Videos play of the couple receiving rapturous applause while carrying out royal duties as well as announcing their engagement and their wedding in 2018.The teaser then cuts to Meghan saying "and then" before snapping her fingers with Harry adding: "Everything changed.""There's a hierarchy of the family, you know, there's leaking, but there's also planting of stories. It's a dirty game," Harry continued.He adds: "The pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution, this feeding frenzy.

STRICTLY fans may be disappointed to learn the show won't air on Sunday December 4th. Bosses shuffled the schedule around to make room for the World Cup fixtures.

TV presenter Dan Walker has led tributes to the star, sharing a clip of Doddie being wheeled onto the pitch at Murrayfield as the crowd stood up and applauded.In the caption, Dan said: “I hope his family never forget how much he was loved #DoddieWeir.”JK Rowling shared a photograph of herself and Doddie with the caption: "Incredibly sad to hear about the death of Doddie Weir. A wonderful, funny, warm and courageous man who’ll be deeply missed."England rugby player Brian Moore took to social media to pay his respects.

Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker, 45, made it clear that he has not been forced to say anything that he disagrees with, but that he chooses to be as unbiased as possible since his move to Channel 5.The former BBC Breakfast host revealed he still believes in impartiality as a journalist, despite no longer having to follow strict BBC guidelines in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.Asked if it felt more freeing to be away from the BBC’s strict impartiality guidelines, Dan reflected on how he is no longer told “what not to say”.In spite of that, he suggested that he preferred to leave his personal opinion out of it all the same.“I’m never really told what to say or what not to say,” he reflected, as he spoke to Express.co.uk on the 2022 Pride of Britain Awards red carpet last month. “I don’t really care about my opinion and I don’t think anyone else does,” he added.“You know what I mean? My job is to talk about what’s happening in the news, not to make it.”Dan was a popular fixture on BBC Breakfast, presenting the show from 2016 up until 2022.He also hosted Football Focus for the BBC between 2009 and 2021, before announcing via social media that he would be moving to Channel 5 in April of this year.A few months later, Dan made his debut on the channel, presenting 5News Live from 10 Downing Street on June 6.The BBC is known for having rigid impartiality guidelines for all of their reporters and news presenters, who are expected to communicate the news without any bias.Elsewhere in the interview, Dan also spoke about the cost of living crisis, as well as the current political climate.The star reflected on the terrible conditions many in the country are facing as temperatures drop and called on politicians to do

Dan Walker reunited with Strictly Come Dancing’s head judge Shirley Ballas on Monday night at the TV Choice Awards.The television presenter took to Instagram to share with his 276K followers a picture of him holding the former dancer's leg as they posed together.Addressing the cheeky pose Shirley had opted for, Dan admitted: “Can’t really explain this one,” alongside several crying with laughter emojis.Shirley, 62, looked amazing in a floor length black off the shoulder dress, which was slashed high at the thigh to reveal a slender, toned, bronzed leg.To finish off the elegant look she paired the gown with a pair of silver open-toed platform shoes.Dan looked equally as resplendent, rocking a navy blue satin tuxedo that boasted a black lapel trim. He finished his dapper look with a black bow tie. Smiling as he looked down at the judge, he captioned the image: “About last night,” and added a series of dancing and laughing face emojis. He wrote: “The show won another gong and it was lovely to catch up with @shirleyballas, @mrantondubeke, @rocketrhys, @katiexmcglynn.

This weekend the remaining Strictly Come Dancing stars will head to Blackpool - and BBC bosses have revealed the songs they will dance to this Saturday.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were reduced to tears moments into Sunday night's show after the pro-dancers took to the dance floor with a special Remembrance Sunday routine, and a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left a little confused by Tess Daley's outfit choice on Saturday night, with many questioning the BBC s wardrobe department.

Dan Walker, 45, told fans he would "never" write to them asking for money, after he was alerted to the presence of scammers on Instagram who were impersonating him. A horrified Dan even received messages from people checking if their bank details had been safely received. He took to Instagram himself via his official account, which has 276,000 followers, to clarify that he was the real Dan Walker - and that any others are imposters.Raising the alarm, he announced: "Now then… loads of people have been messaging me saying there are some fake accounts around at the moment claiming to be me."I got an email today from one fella checking that I had received his bank details!"He added: "This is my only account on Instagram… I have no separate private account so please just report any rogue messages from anything other than this account to Instagram asap."Scam accounts impersonating celebrities are rife online, with presenter Holly Willoughby and Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis being among the famous figures who've been affected.Some fans were even duped by an account purporting to have been run by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.One woman also shelled out £800 to an "estate agent", believing she would be starting a new life abroad with fiery TV chef Gordon Ramsay- who in reality has been happily married to wife Tana for more than 25 years.Meanwhile, Dan continued: "I would never send you a message asking for money or pictures or anything like that.

Carol Kirkwood and Dan Walker have shown their humorous side after a cheeky Twitter interaction joking that they are no longer friends.

BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay was missing from the studio and replaced in ANOTHER presenter shake-up. Viewers were expecting to see Jon on the red sofa this Monday morning alongside co-star Sally Nugent. But the 52-year-old journalist was no where to be seen and was replaced by one of his co-stars Ben Thompson.

“You know all these sorts of things you can do where you put your head on the pillow and say, ‘oh, that was a bit out of order wasn’t it?’” the broadcaster concluded.Dan moved to Channel 5 News earlier in the year, marking the end of a six year stint on the BBC Breakfast sofa.To mark his work for the channel’s 100th anniversary, the BBC shared a "montage of mistakes" including some of Dan’s most infamous blunders.Following the cheeky commemoration, titled 100 Seconds of BBC Going Wrong, Dan felt compelled to explain himself."During the BBC's 100 years of broadcasting, not everything has gone as planned on air," a caption on the video had explained, promising hilarious and unusual clips from times when it had all gone horribly wrong.The video sampled one newsreader sheepishly announcing: "If the autocue was working, I could now read you something, but as it isn't, I can’t.”The footage showed presenters haplessly falling into swimming pools and being violently pecked by ostriches mid-conversation.Dan's own contribution was merely witnessing an embarrassing mishap, rather than being responsible for one himself.However, he took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the selection of laugh-out-loud footage.He told his 777,300 followers: "It is so magnificently BBC to celebrate a century with a montage of mistakes! Delighted to have made the cut.”Then he quickly corrected himself, adding: "I should say… that’s not because the BBC makes a lot of mistakes but because the corporation is always happy to laugh at itself."On June 6, Dan presented his first News at 5 show and his debut saw 390,000 viewers tuning in.After Dan’s debut, the Channel 5 broadcaster shared his ratings success on Twitter.He wrote: “Lots of talk about figures

Earlier this week, Dan showed his great relationship with Carol as he voiced his concern after watching one of her forecasts.The Channel 5 News presenter took to Twitter to urge Carol to “take care” as the star braved some harsh weather conditions.On Tuesday, Carol shared some wind gust numbers with her 236,000 followers.The Scottish weather presenter included a chart that showed wind gusts ranging between 40 all the way up to 79 miles per hour in locations like The Needles and Guernsey.“Some of the gusts of wind recorded in the last hour @BBCBreakfast xxx,” Carol captioned the post helpfully.Dan, who used to host BBC Breakfast from 2016 until April this year, urged Carol to proceed with caution.“You take care out there Carol,” the star commented concernedly.Back in May, Dan left his co-host, Sally Nugent, rather emotional when he confirmed his leaving date after six years of presenting from the red sofa.Sally warned viewers, “brace yourself” as Dan got ready to share his announcement.He began: “You know you keep asking me when I’m going? Well, I can tell you now, officially.”The pair laughed as Dan looked at his watch and joked: “I’m leaving in five minutes.

STRICTLY star Kym Marsh suffered a major panic attack and burst into tears at rehearsals. The TV favourite, 46, struggled to continue dancing as producers attempted to calm her anxiety.