Overview

• The head judge posted bikini photos from the Juicy Oasis retreat in Portugal, telling fans she is "getting in shape" for the new season.
• BBC presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman and judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke are set to return for 2025.
• This year’s celebrity cast has been announced, with Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope stepping in after Kristian Nairn withdrew on medical grounds.
• A report of a one-week partner “switch-up” was published by The Sun, which a Strictly spokesperson later rejected as untrue.
• Police said on August 22 they arrested a man on suspicion of rape and non-consensual intimate image abuse in a joint inquiry with Hertfordshire Constabulary, and the BBC declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.