Former Blackburn pupil Krishnan Guru-Murthy joins Strictly

Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been announced as the fourth celebrity to join the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing line-up. The journalist who used to attend Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) is a main presenter on Channel 4 News and has fronted worldwide events including the Omagh bombing of 1998, 9/11 and the 2008 Mumbai attacks. News that Guru-Murthy, 53, will star in the 21st series of the BBC One show was announced by Claudia Winkleman on BBC Radio 2. Guru-Murthy said he chose to do the show &ldq