Soapwatch: JACI STEPHEN’S ultimate insight into this week’s soaps

With scenes now limited to fewer characters, safely socially distanced kitchens have replaced pubs as the heart of activity. When EastEnders’ Chantelle met her end on a few dishwasher spikes, I queried why the appliance had never been used for its intended purpose, as Chantelle was always at the kitchen sink, washing the dishes.  The … Read more

Pregnant Helen Flanagan cradles her growing baby bump as she wows in purple lingerie

Pregnant Helen Flanagan cradles her growing baby bump as she wows in purple lingerie in adorable video By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 11:29 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 11:29 BST, 23 October 2020 She is expecting her third child with fiancé Scott Sinclair in March. And Helen Flanagan was every inch the glowing mum-to-be as … Read more

Sam Aston’s wife Briony shares support of #ButNotMaternity campaign

Corrie actor Sam Aston’s wife Briony shares a photo of herself in labour to support #ButNotMaternity campaign as she calls for birth partners to be involved amid coronavirus pandemic By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 15:07 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 15:07 BST, 21 October 2020 Coronation Street actor Sam Aston’s wife Briony has … Read more

EastEnders SPOILER: Zaraah Abrahams seen on set for the first time with serial killer dad Lucas

EastEnders SPOILER: Corrie’s Zaraah Abrahams becomes Chelsea as she’s seen on set for the first time with serial killer dad Lucas (who makes a return after 10-year prison stint!) By Rianne Addo and Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 19:20 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 19:20 BST, 19 October 2020 Coronation Street’s Zaraah Abrahams was seen … Read more

Michelle Keegan RETURNS to Coronation Street set

‘Look where I am!’ Michelle Keegan RETURNS to Coronation Street set as she admits ‘it feels like yesterday’ since she was last on the Cobbles By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 17:12 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 17:12 BST, 19 October 2020 She left Coronation Street in 2014 after six years of playing Tina … Read more

Denise Welch reveals she is joining the cast of Hollyoaks

Denise Welch reveals she is joining the cast of Hollyoaks… after scooping the role of Nikki Sanderson’s character Maxine Minniver’s mum Trish By Kate Dennett For Mailonline Published: 16:22 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 16:28 BST, 19 October 2020 Denise Welch has revealed that she is joining the cast of Hollyoaks as Maxine Minniver’s mother … Read more

Shayne Ward and his fiancée Sophie Austin celebrate his 36th birthday 

Shayne Ward and his fiancée Sophie Austin put on a loved-up display as they celebrate his 36th birthday By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 20:12 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 20:14 BST, 17 October 2020 He had to postpone his wedding to fiancée Sophie Austin due to the pandemic.  And Shayne Ward put on a … Read more

Coronation Street’s Victoria Ekanoye talks about sickle cell anaemia

‘I was in a lot of pain but didn’t tell my mum’: Coronation Street’s Victoria Ekanoye, 37, details hiding her sickle cell anaemia symptoms The actress, 37, who was diagnosed in her twenties having previously shown few symptoms, she spent many years masking the painful episodes from her mum  Speaking to BBC Sounds The Sista … Read more

Coronation Street’s Zaraah Abrahams joins EastEnders as Denise’s daughter Chelsea Fox

Coronation Street’s Zaraah Abrahams joins EastEnders as bosses recast the role of Chelsea Fox (but will she reunite with serial killer dad Lucas?) By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 15:18 BST, 16 October 2020 | Updated: 15:18 BST, 16 October 2020 Coronation Street star Zaraah Abrahams is set to join the cast of EastEnders after … Read more