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Evening Standard
Lauren Del Fabbro

Lewis Cope says Strictly’s Katya Jones helped him ‘fall in love with life again’

Lewis Cope and Katya Jones with hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly (Guy Levy/BBC/PA) - (PA Media)

Former Emmerdale actor Lewis Cope has said his Strictly professional dancer Katya Jones has helped him “fall in love with life again” after their shock elimination on Sunday.

Cope and Jones found themselves at the bottom of the Strictly Come Dancing leader board and subsequently lost the dance-off as the judges chose to save West End star Amber Davies and professional Nikita Kuzmin.

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