At Strictly's peak, 10.9m viewers tuned in on BBC 1 as Westlife star Nicky Byrne was voted off, leaving Denise Van Outen, Olympian Louis Smith, actresses Dani Harmer and Lisa Riley and Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh to dance in the semi-final.

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Barry Burke, 19, Kyle Smith-Milson, 18, Ryan Holden, 20, Shaun Byrne, 20 and Sam Hughes, 20, were found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court.

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On Thursday, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wrote to former Labour ministers - including his shadow, Liam Byrne, and former culture minister Margaret Hodge - pressing them to reveal what advice they received about A4e.

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