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Coronation Street star Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby for ten years, will make his debut as a wrestler in a sports event in Manchester next year as he makes his wrestling debut

Actor Lisa Riley, best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, astonished fans when she revealed her jaw-dropping 12-stone weight loss, but there was still a fair bit of her transformation journey to go

As EastEnders' Linda Carter deals with the shock return of evil Dean Wicks, we take a look at the real life of the actor who plays her, from her marriage to a Hollywood star to her fight to start a longed-for family

Chris Chittell has been playing former Emmerdale villain Eric Pollard on the ITV soap for nearly 40 years and even found love in real-life thanks to the fictional Yorkshire village

Shona McGarty has bagged her first role after quitting BBC soap EastEnders, where she stars as the much-loved character Whitney Dean

EastEnders spoilers have teased trouble for Keanu Taylor on the BBC soap as his kidnapping plan is nearly exposed by Phil Mitchell next week

EastEnders fans have been left terrified for Linda Carter after working out a harrowing DNA bombshell as Dean Wicks made his return to Walford

Emmerdale are currently in the middle of airing a huge Dingle whodunnit as they try and work out who has murdered Craig Reed but some viewers are convinced someone else outside the family has killed him

Mark Jordan, who appeared in Emmerdale as Daz Spencer for five years, is set to make a TV comeback after years away from the small screen with a part in ITV drama, The Long Shadow

Peter Dean, the actor who played beloved EastEnders' character Pete Beale, left the show in 1993 after eight years on the market, however, his character remains one of the most memorable

BBC EastEnders boss, Chris Clenshaw, has revealed there is "a lot left to come" for Whitney Dean ahead of her soap exit after actress Shona McGarty quit

Georgia Conlan, who played Evie on the Channel 4 show back in 2021, and now she will soon be seen on Corrie playing a rebellious newcomer called Leyla who takes an interest in Dylan

EastEnders star Sid Owen has revealed the worst part of being in prison for his new show, Banged Up, as the soap icon teases Ricky's return to Albert Square

Emmerdale viewers were left gobsmacked on Tuesday as Tracy Robinson embarked on a shock affair despite being newly and happily married to Nate Robinson

EastEnders viewers were in for a shock on Monday night as Dean Wicks made an explosive return and Linda Carter star Kellie Bright has teased what's next on the BBC One soap

Soap watchers and Linda Carter were in for a surprise on Monday night when Dean Wicks made a chilling return to Albert Square after seven years

Emmerdale viewers were left gobsmacked on Tuesday night as Tracy Robinson embarked on a shock affair despite being newly and happily married to Nate Robinson

EastEnders actor Sid Owen has swapped his old stomping ground Albert Square for HMP Shrewsbury to take part in Channel 4's new prison series, Banged Up, alongside other famous faces

As Emmerdale fans welcome tormented Aaron Dingle back to the village, we take a look at actor Danny Miller's life behind the scenes, from his bitter split from a Hollyoaks star, to marriage with his long-time midwife love

EastEnders' Ben Mitchell has led a fairly eventful life, even by Albert Square standards, and the actor who plays him has also had to navigate plenty of drama away from set

Emmerdale viewers think they have figured out a second death in the village after a worrying scene on Monday's episode amid the Dingle whodunnit

EastEnders' Cindy Beale is set to rock Albert Square this winter as sparks fly between her and ex-husband George Knight, ten years after she left Marbella to seek a new life in France

EastEnders star Matt Di Angelo reprised his role as villain Dean Wicks on the BBC soap last night, but his real house with Sophia Perry and their twin babies is worlds away from Albert Square

Emmerdale's Bernice Blackstock appears to be hiding a dark secret on the ITV soap ahead of actress Samantha Giles' exit from the programme after 25 years

EastEnders fans have pointed out a harrowing detail in Dean Wicks' return scene, which aired on the BBC soap last night, as Linda Carter got the Halloween shock of her life