Join the Metro Soaps WhatsApp community to get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. However, she later revealed that he had left her feeling so scared that she had just frozen, meaning that she couldn’t bring herself to actually use the weapon against him. EastEnderslegend Lisa Fowler (Lucy Benjamin) returned to Walford after four years with her granddaughter Peggy Taylor in tow. But that wasn't the only surprise in store as Ravi discovered he was the father to a daughter he never knew existed. Prior to this, she made a brief return to Walford last December for the funeral of Dot Cotton ( June Brown).

Cindy's return has provided us with a whole new dimension to the 'Who Killed Lucy?' plot, given that it ultimately acted as the catalyst as to why she left the Knight family in the first place. Desperate for her daughter to escape Nish's controlling ways, Suki made sure that she took the job by goading her and telling her that she wouldn't be able to cope. She knew that Ash would want to prove her wrong and go against her mother's words, so accepted the offer. Ash's final exit was sealed in March after she was offered her dream job in Canada, but her father Nish (Navin Chowdhry) wouldn't let his daughter go without a fight as he demanded that Suki convince Ash to turn it down.The doctor first arrived in Walford in 2019 and had been at the forefront of many storylines, mostly involving her troubled family, her sexuality and her difficult relationship with her mother, Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal). A source told the publication regarding Shona's departure: “It wasn’t an easy decision for Shona to make and she is gutted to be walking away from her soap family, especially as she has grown up on set with most of them. She’ll be sorely missed by the cast.

Since starting a new life as Rose, Cindy ended up in Marbella and met George where the pair got married and had two daughters, Gina and Anna. Since their arrival, the mother and daughter have moved into the Panesar household, with Priya already at loggerheads with fiery matriarch Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal). Dean sexually assaulted Linda in 2014 was last seen in 2016 after being arrested for the attempted rape of Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons). In 1992, after serving a short stretch in prison, Wilmott-Brown returned to the square, refusing to accept that Kathy wanted nothing to do with him. EastEnders fans will know that Kathy has experienced a lot of trauma in her life, one such occasion being when she was raped by James Wilmott-Brown in 1988.

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After overhearing at the Vic that Eve would be driving Finlay's sports car to Brighton, Vinny broke into the garage and cut the brakes. Finlay demanded money from Suki in exchange for leaving the Square and threatened to expose their secret to Eve. A spooked Suki gave in to his demands and handed over the cash. Despite his evil scheme to con Sonia out of Dot Cotton's (June Brown) inheritance money, he managed to forge meaningful relationships with the Walford residents. For far too long, you have settled for calendars, featuring themes such as “pooping dogs” and “laughing cats” – which have served their purpose. But fear not! The king now presents to you the crème de la crème of the calendar world – the C@ca C@la. He proudly claims, “There’s something for everyone here at the Calendar King’s castle.” Finlay threatened to go to the police and after discovering that Eve was the intended target, he set out to tell her everything.

However, Suki and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) put an abrupt end to his plan and threatened to hurt his brother, Felix Baker (Matthew Morrison) if he didn't leave Walford for good. EastEndershas announced that Penny Branning is set to return to Walford alongside her cousin Lauren Branning. EastEnders icon Jacqueline Jossa is set to make an "explosive" return to Walford as she reprises her role of Lauren Branning after five years. While all of this was going down, a taxi pulled up in Walford and a smartly dressed mystery man stepped out and made his way upstairs in the Vic.

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The legendary character was killed off 25 years ago after supposedly dying during childbirth in prison. However Cindy's true whereabouts were exposed in a huge twist. After her explosive return last year, fans were devastated to hear that soap legend Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf) decided to leave the Square again after being offered a job by her ex-fiancé Don to run a hotel in Spain.

Cindy's explosive return to Walford was nothing short of chaotic as she had a heated showdown with her former mother-in-law Kathy and had a toxic reunion with her 'other' family as her lies came crashing down. Knowing the history George and Cindy share and that Cindy is keen to stay in Walford for her daughters, Ian is desperate to get their family restaurant plans off the ground. He fears he could lose Cindy if he doesn't make it work and give her what she wants. Another factor that leads us to think that Ian may be dead is the blood on Sharon Watts’ (Letitia Dean) wedding dress during the flash forward scene. With Ian and Sharon having been best friends for nearly 40 years, with the odd blip that we won’t mention, he would certainly fall into this category. In five years’ time, Ian Beale might just be a soft-edged dad again, alarmed to discover he has a sixth or seventh lovechild, a full-grown adult who has never texted him once before today who then turns up fully formed to shout at him in a launderette. Or: after a series of dodgy dealings, with Phil holding the keys and waving at him from the shore, Ian Beale pounds on the windows as his Escort bubbles to the bottom of the Thames. Hard to ever tell. It is out of our control.

They could decide that another soap death would create an explosive exit storyline and get people talking, but that’s always a risk actors have to take when deciding to leave. Shona is really looking forward to new projects and expanding her career horizon.