BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden in 'exciting' announcement after reacting to sad loss

Amy Dowden has shared a fresh 'exciting' announcement with fans after the Strictly Come Dancing star told how she "probably wouldn’t be sat here right now" without the late Kris Hallenga following the death of the CoppaFeel! charity founder.

Kris died at the age of 38 after living with terminal secondary breast cancer for 15 years. She founded CoppaFeel! in 2009 by with her twin Maren and it became the mission of the charity to educate young people about why they should start checking from a younger age so that all breast cancer is diagnosed early.

Amy, 33, revealed in May 2023 that she had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and after undergoing a mastectomy, due to further chemotherapy treatment, she was unable to compete in the most recent series of Strictly. She has since been told there is "no evidence of disease" but won't get the all-clear for five years due to the type of cancer.

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The Welsh dancer had completed a CoppaFeel! trek with podcast host and author Giovanna Fletcher before she began to check her breasts, finding a lump months later on the day before she went on her honeymoon with fellow dancer Ben Jones.

Speaking on ITV morning programme Lorraine, Amy said: “I did the Pembrokeshire trek and it was on that trek I was speaking to the most wonderful trekkers. I realised I’m here advertising, raising awareness to check yourself and I don’t even check myself. o from that trip I started to check myself and just a few months later, I found my lump and so if it wasn’t for CoppaFeel!, if it wasn’t for Kris, I probably