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"Strictly Come Dancing star Brendan Cole has become a father for the first time. The professional dancer&amp;#039;s wife Zoe Hobbs gave birth to a baby on December 25, he announced on Twitter.   &amp;quot;My wonderful wife &amp;amp; I had the best Christmas present ever. Our baby daughter arrived on Christmas Day. Zoe &amp;amp; Baby doing great! Very precious,&amp;quot; he wrote. Cole confirmed that the couple were expecting their first child back in June, saying that his wife was &amp;quot;glowing&amp;quot;. He was paired with Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton in this year&amp;#039;s Strictly Come Dancing, with the pair becoming the seventh duo to be voted out of the competition. He described his dance partner as &amp;quot;a very deep character&amp;quot;, admitting that he had &amp;quot;a tear in [his] eye&amp;quot; when she won a gold medal at London 2012. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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