Coming up next week on EastEnders, it’s time once again for a review of the custody arrangements that affect little Lexi, and understandably, given recent events surrounding Sharon (Letitia Dean) and her struggles with addiction to painkillers, everyone’s on edge about what the hearing may bring…

Phil (Steve McFadden) is worried that Lola could tell the court about Sharon’s issues, and therefore make the powers that be think the child could be in danger if she stays with him. However, Lola (Danielle Harold) fears that Phil is preparing to once again ruin her chances of getting her daughter back by making up lies about her. Read more & comment »

Fans of EastEnders will know that recently ditched bride-to-be Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) has once again turned to painkillers as she struggles to come to terms with all that’s happened recently…

And in next week’s episodes, we’re set to see that Sharon is risking her life when she collapses after an overdose of tablets mixed with booze!

The drama begins on Monday, April 29 when Sharon goes back to Tanya’s to try to steal the rest of her friend’s painkillers, which Tanya (Jo Joyner) was prescribed when she had cancer… Read more & comment »

Fans of EastEnders will know that Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) will do anything to stop Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) getting her daughter Lexi back, and recently, he even lied in court in order to keep custody of the baby…

However, events next week are to prompt hard-man Phil to have a change of heart about Lola, but will it be enough to make him see that the child should be with her mum?

The drama begins on Monday, April 1 when Phil gets a visit from social worker Trish (Tessa Churchard) to tell him that they’re planning on increasing Lola’s contact visits with the baby with a view to her having full-time custody sooner rather than later. Read more & comment »

Things are not going well for Sharon Rickman, who, despite being engaged to Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) has found herself time and again drawn into Phil Mitchell’s scheming, and next week, she’s going to have to make a choice between the two men once and for…

But who will she choose?

The drama begins after Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) snatches baby Lexi from Phil’s house following a court ruling that the child had to remain with Phil (Steve McFadden) for the time being. So, once Phil finds out that Lola’s on the run with Lexi, he once more ropes Sharon in to help him find the teen mum and the baby. Read more & comment »

Coming up next week on EastEnders, Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) is anxious and stressed ahead of a court hearing to decide if she can get back custody of her daughter Lexi, who has of course been in Phil Mitchell’s care for the last few months…

However, on the day of the hearing, the troubled teen disappears and for a while, it seems she’s not going to make the court in time. But after a few words of advice from Poppy (Rachel Bright) Lola’s determined to show the court she is fit to look after her daughter.

And as we’ll see on Monday, March 4th, when her social worker Trish tells the judge that Lola’s doing really well in terms of putting down roots and working to provide a stable home for Lexi, things are looking good. Read more & comment »

There’s a good deal of romantic drama on the cards in forthcoming episodes of EastEnders when Phil Mitchell and Sharon Rickman revisit their former mutual passion, while Kat Moon loses it and attacks her love rival, Roxy Mitchell!

Starting with Phil (Steve McFadden) and Sharon (Letitia Dean) becoming close again, and as you can see in the image above, they’ll share a kiss after Sharon joins forces with Phil to track down Lola Pearce…

The drama begins when teen mum Lola (Danielle Harold) snatches baby Lexi from Phil, and the frantic granddad enlists Sharon’s help to track mother and baby down… Read more & comment »

As mentioned in the title of this article, Alice Branning is set to become a nanny for struggling single dad Michael Moon after she loses her office job…

We’ll have more on that in a moment, but first, as to the other storyline mentioned above, in Thursday night’s visit to Walford, teen mum Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) will be furious when she finds out that Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is going on a two-week holiday to Cornwall to visit his mum Peggy, and he’s taking little Lexi with him!

Lola is of course fed up of Phil calling all the shots and never consulting her over decisions about Lexi, and she’s not happy that she won’t get to see her daughter for two weeks, so in a rage, she tells her granddad Billy (Perry Fenwick) that she wants him to call social worker Trish with a view to her stopping Phil from taking Lexi… Read more & comment »

Fans of EastEnders will know that Denise Fox and Zainab Masood are both interested in applying for the job of regional manager of the Minute Mart chain, and given that both ladies are competitive – despite the fact they’re friends – they’re set to play dirty with the aim of ruining the other’s chances of landing the job…

And in episodes that air as of a week on Thursday, we’re going to see teen mum Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) having something of a Solomon’s choice to make about her baby girl, Lexi.

More on that in a moment, but first, as to what Denise (Diane Parish) and Zainab (Nina Wadia) will get up in order to discredit the other, it all begins when Zainab finds out that Denise had enlisted the help of Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) to help her brush up on her interview techniques.

While simultaneously ridiculing Denise, telling her that she’ll come across as “too rehearsed” Zainab will enlist the help of her family to stage a mock interview so that she too can brush up on her interview skills… Read more & comment »

As we reported last week, EastEnders newcomer Khali Best is about to make his debut in the show as Cora Cross’s grandson, Dexter Hartman…

And within hours of arriving in Walford, he’s set to catch the eye of young mum Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) however, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) will reportedly warn her off getting involved with Dexter, telling her she needs to focus on her daughter Lexi – who Phil has custody of – rather than acting like a love struck teenager…

Which is of course exactly what poor Lola is!

The Daily Star quotes a show insider as saying, “Phil is going to become more and more controlling where both Lola and Lexi are concerned… Read more & comment »

On Monday, 31 December, little Lexi is due to be Christened, however, she is of course in Phil Mitchell’s care, and right before the service is due to take place, he’s set to drop a bombshell on Lexi’s mum Lola (Danielle Harold) as he tells her what he wants Lexi’s name to be…

However, earlier in the day, Lola thinks she’s scored points over Phil (Steve McFadden) when he agrees that Cora (Ann Mitchell) and Jay (Jamie Borthwick) can be Lexi’s godparents, but things soon take a worrying turn when Lexi comes out in a rash!

A panicked Lola suspects that something is seriously wrong, however, when an equally panicked Phil rushes the baby to the doctor, he learns that she’s had an allergic reaction to some cream that Lola put on her… Read more & comment »

In tomorrow night’s visit to Walford, it’s a big day for Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) as she has to take the stand and declare to the family court that she considers Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) to be capable of taking care of her baby daughter, Lexi…

However, as you’ll see in the clip after the jump, when all eyes are on her waiting for her to say the words that could ensure Phil gets custody, she’s hesitant.

Will she risk losing Lexi forever by saying Phil’s not fit to raise the little girl? Or will she say she does trust him, and therefore at least her baby will be back on the Square… Read more & comment »

It looks like the baby Lexi storyline currently running on EastEnders may have a happy ending after all, if pictures in today’s Sun newspaper are anything to go by!

Fans of the award-winning BBC1 soap will know how teenage mum, Lola (Danielle Harold) is currently fighting to get her baby back after social services took her into care a few weeks ago.
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In upcoming episodes of EastEnders, we’ll see Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) continuing his fight to get custody of his granddaughter Lexi, who was of course taken into care after social services deemed that the baby’s mother Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) wasn’t capable of caring for the infant properly.

And later this week, after Phil learns that his son Ben – who is of course Lexi’s father – is to be tried for manslaughter rather than murder in the Heather Trott case, he will suggest that Ben and Lola get married, in order to formalize his status as Lexi’s granddad.

But not unreasonably, Lola’s horrified at the idea, given that she doesn’t even want Ben to know he’s Lexi’s dad. And her granddad Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) also doesn’t want Ben to have anything to do with the baby.

Speaking to Inside Soap magazine recently, a show insider said, “The moment Lexi was taken away was the worst time of Lola’s life… Read more & comment »

The BBC has been criticised for how social services have been portrayed in the EastEnders storyline which has seen teen mum Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) being left distraught after her baby daughter Lexi was taking into care by social worker Trish.

Yesterday, The Guardian reported that the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has complained over how social workers have been portrayed in the plotline.

Bridget Robb, the acting chief of the BASW, said, “It is disgraceful to see a publicly funded broadcaster deliberately spreading misinformation about the child protection process because it is too lazy and arrogant to get it right.

“We regularly give advice to programmes about social work storylines – we would like to know who advised EastEnders so badly.

“Social workers have a difficult enough job as it is… Read more & comment »

As we saw in last night’s episode of EastEnders, Lola (Danielle Harold) admitted to Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) that his son Ben is in fact baby Lexi’s dad.

Lola made the admission while begging Phil to intervene and stop social services from taking the baby girl from her…

And though there was nothing Phil could do right then and there, as we reported yesterday, he’s set to mastermind a plan to get custody of his granddaughter by becoming engaged to Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) in order to show the social services that he’s a fit guardian for the baby.

Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) is of course Lexi’s great-grandfather, which makes for a somewhat complex – not to mention interbred – family tree! Read more & comment »