Fans of EastEnders will know that Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) was left devastated when the love of her life – and her daughter Bianca’s father – David Wicks drove away from the Square alone last year, after he was supposed to take Carol with him so they could start a new life together…

However, Carol’s feelings were once again stirred up when, after her brother Derek died, she was given a letter from David – that he had in his possessions – which was addressed to Carol.

In the letter, David explained why he’d left the Square alone, and beseeched her to call him, however, as she only got his message months later, when she tried to call the number, it was no longer in service. Read more & comment »

Next week, Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that Liam’s left the Square, however, her mate Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) suggests that to keep her mind off it, she should work on her selling skills…

And Bianca does just that, however, in the episode that airs on Tuesday, April 30, Bianca and Kat are annoyed when market boss Mr Lister (Nick Wilton) has a go at them for the mess that’s all around their stall.

However, when he then makes cutting remarks about Bianca’s parenting skills, Kat and B come up with a plan to teach him a lesson. But unluckily for them, he’s soon onto their prank, and determined not to let them get away with it, he bars them from having a pitch on the market for three weeks! Read more & comment »

Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) hasn’t had a great track record in the romance department, and especially so since the love of her live David Wicks drove off into the sunset without her last year…

Since then, Carol had a brief flirtation with Masood (Nitin Ganatra) but that also crashed and burned. However, there’s a new love interest in Carol’s life in the form of probation officer Steve, who she of course met when he visited the house while assigned to Bianca’s case.

However, although Steve stopped being Bianca’s probation officer – realising the conflict of interests after he became attracted to Carol – when Bianca (Patsy Palmer) finds out that her mum’s seeing Steve, she’ll plead with her to call it off… Read more & comment »

In the episode of EastEnders that airs on April 1, Liam Butcher (James Ford) is still in hospital recovering from being stabbed, and his frantic mum Bianca (Patsy Palmer) is juggling visits to him, working on the stall and taking care of her other kids…

However, there’s good news when DS Bain arrives at the hospital to tell Liam and Bianca that gang members Chris and Kane – among others – have been arrested in connection with the stabbing.

But while Bianca heaves a sigh of relief, Liam’s afraid of the consequences of the arrests, fearing that the gang members will want retribution. Read more & comment »

Coming up in next week’s episodes of EastEnders, the gang storyline reaches a dramatic climax as Liam Butcher (James Ford) is stabbed by one of the hooligans…

And after the gang learn that Ava (Claire Perkins) helped Liam’s mum Bianca in making the decision to call in the police – to tell them that the gang were responsible for the attack on Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel) – it looks like her life could be in danger too!

The drama begins on Monday 25th March, when we see that Liam is staying with Kane and his gang on a rough estate as Bianca (Patsy Palmer) frantically searches for her son… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of EastEnders, struggling single mum Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) has to take extreme measures to keep her wayward teenage son Liam (James Ford) away from the gang he’s involved in, and she enlists the help of Ray Dixon (Chucky Venn) to do so.

The drama begins on Monday, 18 March when we’ll see Bianca frantic after Liam’s been out all night. However, though she’s of course relieved when he arrives home, it’s short lived as the stroppy teen refuses to go to school or tell her where he’s been.

He storms off to his room, and, already late for work, Bianca asks Ray to sit in the house to ensure that Liam doesn’t leave again… Read more & comment »

As fans of EastEnders may know, the show’s bosses have been highlighting the issue of youth gangs as part of not only the soap’s main storylines, but also for a special edition of the show for Comic Relief…

Airing on Friday, March 15, we’ll see frantic mum Bianca (Patsy Palmer) searching for her son Liam (James Ford) after she suspects he’s either being bullied by the gang – or that he may even be a part of the gang – who robbed Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel).

And it doesn’t take her long to locate Liam, but she’s mortified when she sees the gang pushing and shoving her son around as she approaches… Read more & comment »

In the episode of EastEnders that airs on Monday, 11 March, Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel) has a meeting with his boss, Mr Garner, and though the market supervisor is happy with most of Tamwar’s work, he’s not pleased that he hasn’t collected rent from several of the stallholders…

So, realizing that he needs to toughen up in his approach on the market, Tamwar goes around the stallholders collecting payments, but as he does so, a gang of youths begin causing trouble… Read more & comment »

Poor Bianca Butcher is set for more heartache in EastEnders when she finds out her eldest son, Liam, is connected to the thugs responsible for mugging new market assistant, Tamwar Masood!

Fans of the award-winning BBC soap will know how recently Liam (James Forde) has been going spectacularly off the rails, bunking off school and shoplifting, but his behaviour is set to spiral even further out of control when the gang he has taken up with mug Walford regular, Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel), Digital Spy reports.
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In next week’s episodes of EastEnders, struggling single mum Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) will be pushed to the end of her tether by her son Liam’s behavior after he begins truanting from school and on one occasion, is brought home by the police!

And of course, although Bianca was released from prison at the end of last year, she’s on probation, so any trouble with the law could see her going back inside to finish her full sentence.

Then, when a batch of dresses that she and Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) are selling on the stall turn out to be stolen – they were nicked from a warehouse in a raid that went wrong, leaving a security guard badly injured – Bianca’s truly terrified that she is indeed headed back behind bars… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of EastEnders, poor Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) will be horrified when she learns that not only has her son Liam (James Forde) been bunking off school, but also that the dresses she and Kat are selling on their stall were nicked!

Her bad week begins when the police arrive on her doorstep having caught Liam truanting, and enquiries at his school reveal that it’s far from the first time…

Angry, Bianca (Patsy Palmer) tells Liam that if he carries on bunking off, she could go back to prison if the local authority chooses to press charges against her. A blasé Liam laughs that that won’t happen, but as Bianca gets more and more angry, he storms off! Read more & comment »

It’s been revealed today that EastEnders bosses had to cancel an outdoor shoot this week after a knife wielding gang of thugs forced their way on-set and threatened to stab the show’s stars and production crew.

The Mirror reports that Patsy Palmer, who plays Bianca Butcher, and 16-year-old James Ford – who plays her on-screen son Liam – were filming scenes in a park when the youths were heard yelling, “We’ll cut you.”

The paper adds, “The teenagers, some in hoodies and one with his face partly covered, hurled snowballs at onlookers before turning on the crew of the BBC1 soap.”

Security staff were hastily rushed to the scene in Graham Park in Colindale, north London to protect the BBC staff from the seven-strong gang who allegedly also threw fireworks. Read more & comment »

In forthcoming episodes of EastEnders – and as we reported yesterday – Kat Moon will be devastated when Alfie replaces the plaque above the door of the Queen Vic in takes her name off the licensee statement and adds Roxy’s instead…

And realizing how much it’s hurt Kat (Jessie Wallace) soft-hearted Alfie will be eager to make it up to her, because of course, even though Kat’s hurt him terribly, he still loves her.

So when he hears that some of the market traders are angry that Kat and Bianca (Patsy Palmer) are going to set up a bric-a-brac stall on the market – because of course, Bianca has stolen from nearly all of them in the past – he offers his help, and tells Kat he’ll have a word with the stallholders to try to persuade them to lay off her and Bianca… Read more & comment »

Fans of EastEnders star Patsy Palmer – who of course plays harassed single mum Bianca Butcher – will know that she’s only recently returned to the show after taking a break in order to spend more time with her family…

However, it seems that Patsy may be regretting making a comeback given that she’s told Closer magazine that being a working mum “scrambles my brain!”

Patsy, who’s four children are aged between 21 and just two years old, said, “This whole working mum thing really scrambles with my brain…

“In the end, you feel guilty whatever you do, but if we want to give our kids the sort of life we want them to have, then I have to work. Read more & comment »

Newly single and desperately alone, Kat Moon is going to find a new best friend this New Year in EastEnders, in the unlikely form of Bianca Butcher, the Daily Star reports!

Fans of the hit BBC1 soap will know how cheating Kat (Jessie Wallace) was thrown out in the street by her long-suffering husband, Alfie (Shane Richie) after he finally discovered that she had been having an affair with Walford bully, Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman) over this festive season.
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