Strictly Come Dancing professionals will no longer be left alone with contestants

Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbington. Abbington quit the show after five weeks last year. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers will no longer be left on their own with contestants during rehearsals, the BBC has announced.

In an attempt to get a grip on a deepening crisis at the BBC show, the broadcaster announced on Tuesday that a member of the Strictly Come Dancing production team will be present during training room rehearsals “at all times”.