Salsa siesta for 'Paddy' Jones as partner bows out

A world-famous salsa-dancing gran from the Black Country has been forced to hang up her dancing shoes after being dumped by her dance partner, it emerged today.

Sarah "Paddy" Jones, aged 76, won fans across the globe for her age-defying fancy footwork — but she today revealed her dancing days may be over after partner Nico Espinoza — 40 years her junior — decided it was time to move on.

She said their relationship had been fraught with tension since they were booted off Showmatch, the Argentinian version of Strictly Come Dancing, in September.

"I feel devastated right now — dancing has been my life for the past seven years," said Paddy. She had moved to Spain from Stourbridge in 2001 to retire with husband David, but he died of leukaemia just two years later.