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Amy Dowden vows to return to Strictly Come Dancing a year on from her breast cancer diagnosis: 'I'm just so grateful to get another shot at life'


Amy Dowden, 34,has vowed to return to Strictly Come Dancing almost a year after she was diagnosed with grade III breast cancer - the second-highest grade.

Amy was on the show to promote The Big Help Out, 'the biggest mass volunteering event in the UK', spearheaded by charities such as Macmillan and Young People vs Cancer Amy was on the show to promote The Big Help Out, 'the biggest mass volunteering event in the UK', spearheaded by charities such as Macmillan and Young People vs Cancer. Every part of his body sustained some damage: his legs were torn open, his face crushed, neck broken and he almost lost both arms in the explosion which killed two of his colleagues.

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