Dianne Buswell left 'shaken' by backstage Strictly accident, admits ex partner Dev Griffin

Dev also spoke about working with Vodaphone on their new schools.connected initiative, a campaign that will help students bridge the digital divide caused by a lack of internet connectivity when learning has to take place at home – due to COVID 19.

Vodafone has pledged to provide 250,000 sim cards of data to any school that signs up online, to help children across the UK.

Addressing the campaign and why he wanted to get involved, Dev said: “When Vodaphone first told me about this huge issue, it made me think about when I was in school and especially the last couple of years of primary school going into secondary. They were such formative years for me, where I worked out what I was into and my interest in music and socialising.

“But I guess the internet wasn’t as necessary back then. But now with lockdown and a lot of these kids having to do their classes from home, it is a huge issue.”

He added: “For these kids, a lot of the issues were only having one device in the house or not having access to the internet whenever they wanted to.

“They weren’t able to talk to their friends and do extra bits of research and look things up when they needed to and felt like they were being held back and left behind everybody else, and I guess it felt a bit unfair.”

Schools can apply for the Vodafone schools.connected connectivity from today: simply visit www.vodafone.co.uk/schoolsconnected and complete an online form.