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Daly hosted BBC One's hugely popular Strictly Come Dancing with Claudia Winkleman until they signed off in December 2025, having announced they were leaving two months earlier.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

First pitch was shifted earlier with the hope of avoiding storms in Maryland.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

One of the vessels Iran hit earlier this week was also revealed to be a Chinese tanker, now damaged and its crew injured, per Chinese state media.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The budget gym operator added fewer members in the March quarter than it did a year earlier, and now it’s postponing plans to charge more for some memberships.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

“I was feeling frustrated earlier, so I might have destroyed the postcards.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller