A man has been charged with stalking Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, causing her "serious alarm or distress".

Leicestershire and Lincolnshire declare major incidents as the extreme weather triggers dozens of flood warnings, including one ranked as a danger to life.

"I apologised very quickly and I want to apologise in general. I'm not happy with how I behaved," says the British number two.

The declaration comes after an NHS trust in the South West also issued a critical incident alert for similar reasons last ...