An ambulance was called after Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden became ill backstage. Dowden, 34, required medical attention after falling ill just minutes after her performance with celebrity partner JB Gill during Saturday night’s (26 October) Halloween Week special.

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden ‘feeling better’ after being taken to hospital - The Welsh dancer could not compete in the BBC dance competition last year because she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden was taken to hospital on Saturday evening after she collapsed backstage following the show’s live broadcast. Paramedics were rushed to Elstree Studios in Borehamwood,