Former Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan has announced the death of his father.

Allan Jordan was rushed to hospital a year ago with a suspected stroke and was later diagnosed with a stage four brain tumour.

He sadly passed away just after 8am today.

James, who was born in Medway and lives in Sevenoaks with his his wife and dance partner Ola and their one-year-old daughter, announced the news on Twitter.

He revealed his father's illness on Instagram last July.

In a post he wrote: "This is honestly the worst time of my life."

Earlier this month, he broke down on Loose Women as he revealed Allan was back in hospital and began to cry on air.

Jane Moore asked: "James, you've had a tough time as well with your dad Allan, haven’t you?"

"Yes, horrendous," he replied. "Last year my dad got diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. He's currently back in hospital, really, really not very well."

"It's really upsetting."

In November, Mr Jordan hit out at a golf club who refused to refund fees to his dad when he became too ill to play.

The former Celebrity Big Brother and Dancing On Ice star said at the time: "My dad and mum are both passionate about golf but now dad has trouble walking and talking which has made it impossible for him to play golf.

"This all started just two weeks after my parents had paid their annual fees of £2,500 in full. They could have paid monthly but dad has always supported the club and wanted it to have the money up front.

"Now he can't play, my mum politely asked for part of their unused subscriptions to be returned. But the club has refused, citing rule number 17 which states no members can get their money back. Their emailed replies have been cold and insensitive.

"This has really upset and disappointed both my dad and me, but especially my mum. How can they justify keeping such a large amount of money when they know full well my dad can't play any more?"

The club later apologised and refunded the full amount.

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