Adele Roberts on Dancing on Ice 2024 - partner, health battle and other TV appearances

The second batch of celebrities participating in this year's Dancing on Ice will be lacing up their skates and taking to the ice tonight.

The ITV series returned last week with celebrities including boxer Ricky Hatton, S Club star Hannah Spearritt, actor Ryan Thomas and Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford showing off their skills.

This week, we will see six more contestants make their first appearance on the show - including Dancing on Ice superfan and radio DJ Adele Roberts, who has been partnered with pro dancer Mark Hanretty.

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Adele, 44, was a presenter on BBC Radio 1 for eight years before she announced her departure from the station earlier this year. She joined the BBC in 2012 as part of the Radio 1 Xtra team, before moving to Radio 1 in 2015 to host the Early Breakfast Show.

In October 2021, Adele, from Southport in Merseyside, revealed that she was undergoing treatment for bowel cancer and later had surgery to remove a tumour and began using a stoma bag. She announced that she was cancer-free in June last year and has more recently been raising awareness about the symptoms of the condition.

Earlier this year, she shared how she initially ignored her symptoms before her diagnosis of stage two cancer, which had very nearly developed to stage three. “It took me a while to pluck up the courage to call my GP at first," she explained. "My symptoms seemed like things I could explain away. I didn’t want to be a burden to the NHS and I was embarrassed. I shouldn’t have worried. My GP took my concerns seriously, put me at ease and