EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal joins public hygiene campaign

A real soap star! EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal joins campaign to get public washing their hands more often with bhangra-inspired music video By Shekhar Bhatia for MailOnline Published: 17:27 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 17:27 GMT, 23 March 2020 EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal has joined in the campaign to get the public to wash … Read more

BBC announces host of changes in coronavirus crisis with more health advice on The One Show

The BBC has announced a raft of programming changes for the coronavirus crisis, including health advice on The One Show and virtual church services. The broadcaster, which has suspended filming of Eastenders and other top dramas, will also add boxsets to the iPlayer including Spooks, The Missing and French and Saunders.  BBC director general Tony Hall … Read more

EastEnders’ Patsy Palmer reveals she wept over how coronavirus pandemic will affect the poor

By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com   HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more

EastEnders SUSPEND filming and cut their weekly episodes amid coronavirus

EastEnders has announced that filming has been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for the soap confirmed that along with production being suspended, the soap will also cut it’s weekly number of episodes to just two a week, in a bid to spread out their film episodes. Production on the UK’s biggest soaps has … Read more

EastEnders star Melissa Suffield gives birth to her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan

EastEnders star Melissa Suffield gives birth to her first child as she welcomes son River with fiancé Robert Brendan By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 11:59 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 11:59 GMT, 18 March 2020 Melissa Suffield has given birth to her first child with fiancé Robert Brendan.  The Ex-EastEnders actress, 27, who played … Read more

First Look at EastEnders’ £87m brand new set

EastEnders: FIRST LOOK at the soap’s £87m set as construction continues amid coronavirus pandemic… including a brand new Queen Vic, flats and extended railway line The revamped studio is being built to perfect replicate EastEnders’ old set, which is based just feet away The Elstree set will feature all of Albert Square’s staples, including the … Read more

Lisa Faulkner says ‘lots of failed IVF and the adoption process’ meant she was ‘always stressed’

She’s on cloud nine after tying the knot with Masterchef host John Torode, in October.  But Lisa Faulker, 48, said struggles with ‘lots and lots of failed IVF and going through the adoption process’ meant she was ‘always stressed and in angst,’ before adopting daughter Billie, 14, with first husband Chris Coghill, 44, in 2008 Appearing on … Read more

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

Physical violence has long been a feature of soap. Men hitting men, female catfights, domestic abuse – we are used to seeing fists flying.  Less well understood is the complex nature of mental abuse that takes place behind closed doors. EastEnders’ Gray is not only physically violent to Chantelle, he has manipulated her into thinking … Read more

EastEnders’ Lacey Turner ‘ignored’ pregnancy for four months

Lacey Turner has admitted she ‘ignored’ the fact she was pregnant as she felt ‘numb’ after suffering two miscarriages.  Appearing on Thursday’s episode of Loose Women, the EastEnders star, 31, reflected on her journey to motherhood after welcoming daughter Dusty in July with husband Matt Kay.  The actress refused to acknowledge her third pregnancy until … Read more

EastEnders SPOILER: Ben Mitchell faces DANGER as he steps out in front of a speeding motorbike

EastEnders Ben Mitchell faces serious danger as he steps out in front of a speeding motorbike after failing to hear it coming. The character, played by Max Bowden, recently lost almost all of his hearing after hitting his head in the boat crash which claimed young Denny Mitchell’s life. Spoiler pictures for Friday’s episode of … Read more

EastEnders fans ‘heartbroken’ as Daniel Cook dies hours after Jean Slater gets all-clear from cancer

EastEnders viewers ‘heartbroken’ as Daniel Cook dies just hours after girlfriend Jean Slater is given the all-clear from cancer By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 01:04 GMT, 28 February 2020 | Updated: 01:05 GMT, 28 February 2020 Thursday night’s EastEnders proved to be an an emotional one as Daniel Cook sadly died. In a cruel … Read more

Jacqueline Jossa models her new In The Style clothing range

She’s been sharing glimpses of her new clothing range to Instagram during a luxurious photoshoot in Marbella. And Jacqueline Jossa’s highly-awaited In The Style collection finally dropped on Thursday. In photos of her new clothing line, the I’m A Celebrity winner, 27, looked sensational as she modelled her collection.  Red hot: Jacqueline Jossa’s highly-awaited In The Style collection finally dropped … Read more

Tamzin Outhwaite, 49, defends her two-year romance with Tom Child, 28

Tamzin Outhwaite has defended her two-year relationship with boyfriend Tom Child, who is 21 years her junior.  During Thursday’s edition of Lorraine, the EastEnders actress, 49, admitted she ‘doesn’t care what others think’ about their age gap, and insisted her daughters Florence, 11, and Marnie, seven, ‘adore’ their stepdad. The soap star, who was previously married to actor … Read more