The dancer explained to her 723,000 followers that her close friend Bex died a day after giving birth.

The 34-year-old and his professional partner Amy Dowden were the first pair to be eliminated from the BBC dance show last October.

As her memoir Dancing In The Rain is published, Amy Dowden talks to Abi Jackson about what’s got her through some ‘very dark’ times.

The Welsh professional dancer was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May last year.

The 33-year-old hopes to win the BBC celebrity dance competition’s Glitterball trophy next year.

The Strictly Come Dancing star said the ‘NHS have been incredible’ during her breast cancer treatment.