EastEnders' Denise Fox to face uncertainty over life-saving stem cell match

 Will Darnell agree to the transplant?

EastEnders’ Denise Fox pins all her hopes on her estranged brother Darnell Larson next week, when he reveals he might be a potential donor match!

But with Darnell’s fears preventing him from committing to the stem cell transplant, is Denise about to lose her last chance at life?

Denise’s good news might be short lived," says our EastEnders insider. "She’s exhausted her treatment options, and doctors are relying on a stem cell transplant. Darnell is the match she’s been searching for – but will he come through for her?"

After the positive news about the donor that the doctor shared during Kim and Howie’s wedding ceremony, Jack’s frustrated at how slow things are moving. Denise’s situation is critical, and the sooner she can receive a transplant, the better her chances of survival.

But when Denise reveals the donor hasn’t come forward, frustrated Jack confronts Darnell, convinced he’s the answer to their problems…

Darnell reluctantly admits he’s a potential match but reiterates his fears and the trauma he has around hospitals.

When Darnell met his half-sister, he explained to her that his fear of hospitals was it reminds him of his late wife Louisa’s illness and death.

My wife, Louisa, she was taken into hospital and she never came out," he said. "I've been in one of these places for way too long, sat in one of these chairs for too long.

"And I would've done it a thousand times over, of course, if she could've walked out that door with me and come home to my family. But she didn't."

Denise puts her frustrations aside and accepts her brother’s decision. But Jack is less forgiving of Darnell’s behaviour, terrified of losing his wife.

Does this mean Denise’s hopes of a stem cell transplant are over? Or will the doctors be able to find another treatment to prolong her life?

Also next week, Denise selflessly puts her own problems to the side and reaches out to Kat, who is struggling following the death of her daughter Zoe.

After Alfie tells her that he is concerned about his wife, Denise heads over to see Kat to offer her support. Will Denise’s words cut through, and with the Slater-Moons gathering to plant a tree in Zoe’s memory, will Kat join her loved ones?

Coronation Street officially reveals Jodie's dark plan for Daniel

 What's her endgame this time?

Jodie Ramsey's bond with Daniel Osbourne is officially not as innocent as he thinks in Coronation Street, as she's been unveiled as the person behind his anonymous trolling ordeal. Daniel, played by Rob Mallard, has been facing backlash online since learning the truth about how his partner Megan Walsh was grooming Will Driscoll.

In tonight's episode, he was with Jodie at the Viaduct Bistro as he scrolled through angry responses to previous messages from an account named 'Truthteller', showing her one in particular: "This person thinks I should be in prison with Megan."

She told him to ignore it, but he went on to doubt his previous theory that Megan herself was behind it all. Jodie then pointed his suspicions towards a nearby David Platt, saying he "keeps looking over here".

Sure enough, David — who has had more than his own fair share of problems with Jodie — was sat at the bar at the time, with his phone in his hand.

When Jodie went to the bathroom, Daniel immediately got a new message from 'Truthteller' and couldn't stop himself from confronting David.

Outraged, David denied any involvement. "I've got a sick daughter in hospital, I've got better things to be spending my time on!" he hit back.

Daniel wasn't buying it though, so David showed him what he was doing on his phone: watching a fun video of Lily. Daniel sheepishly backed down and apologised before excusing himself and leaving, with Jodie in tow.

Later, Daniel told Jodie he felt like an "idiot", and Jodie urged him to "stop trying to figure out who's behind this account", telling him: "It's clearly driving you a bit mad."

She offered to stick around a little longer rather than look for her own place, and he agreed. When he then went to rustle up some food, she was left alone — at which point viewers saw her take out her phone and secretly post another message as 'Truthteller'.

The message read: "How Daniel Osbourne is still a teacher, I don't know. He clearly has a dodgy history with his students, if his assault on Max Platt is anything to go by. Imagine having a vendetta against a kid when you're an adult, even worse a teacher."

Whatever her endgame is, it seems things will get worse for Daniel before they get better...

Coronation Street's Summer to plan escape amid Theo murder suspicions..

 Is she guilty of the crime?

Summer Spellman is dramatically betrayed by her closest allies on Coronation Street next week, when accusations fly and she's taken in for questioning by the police over Theo Silverton's murder!

Pressure mounts between Todd's nearest and dearest, and George blames Summer for Theo's demise after memories come flooding back to him. Things get even worse for the panicked Summer, as the evidence paints her as vengeful and full of hate.

At the same time, she receives an offer to return to the US to study at university, but knows that leaving won't look too good. Will she convince the police of her innocence – or flee overseas before she's charged?

"There are a number of things stacking up against Summer!" teases Harriet Bibby, who plays the prime suspect. "The police are on her tail and she isn’t thinking logically. She decides the best solution is to just run away, as she needs to get out of the pressure cooker!"

With the investigation circling the Street, Summer is on edge around Kit. But her innermost thoughts are about to make her look even guiltier after George finds her journal – which includes a startling description of her putting a gun to Theo's head!

Summer knows this looks really bad," explains Harriet. "At this point, everyone is suspicious of everyone. If your nearest and dearest are starting to question you, then that makes you look capable of murder."

Not only are George and Christina concerned about what they found, but Kit also spots a crucial piece of evidence in the background of Lisa's wedding photo. The discovery puts Summer at the scene of the crime, which prompts Lisa to pull her in for questioning.

Sitting in a police station being questioned over someone's murder is horrific," reveals Harriet. "Summer's in panic mode. Everyone who was linked to Theo is just trying to keep their head above water and stay out of suspicion's way."

Although Todd does a good job defending Summer to Lisa, George's doubts trigger fresh memories of the night in question, forcing him to confront Summer about what he remembers. But soon, she's turning the accusations back round to him.

As fingers are pointed and gossip spreads, Christina also finds herself caught in a big fib. She urges George to come clean about Summer's lies – but is Christina trying to distract from her own whereabouts that night?

As Summer panics that she'll be arrested for Theo’s murder, she packs a bag and makes plans to head back to America. Her future certainly looks bleak as the police build their case, but could Theo's murderer really be the person everyone least expected?

"Theo stole Billy away from Summer," Harriet reminds us. "He's also taken a part of Todd, because he's not the same guy as he once was. It boils down to the question: would Summer kill to protect what's left of her family?"

Coronation Street star names most dangerous Megan death suspect

 Will an ongoing feud end in disaster?

Coronation Street star Beth Nixon has named Maggie Driscoll as the most dangerous suspect in the line-up for Megan Walsh's potential death. Beth's character Megan is one of five characters who could be killed off this week – and her story will be showcased in a big episode on Thursday night (30 April).

The next visit to Weatherfield sees Megan face a series of showdowns, as she remains a hate figure on the cobbles following her grooming of teenage boy Will Driscoll.

Unsurprisingly, it's Will's grandmother Maggie who might be willing to push things too far – after all, she has killed before…

Speaking about the storyline, Beth laughed: "I'm scared of Maggie myself! Out of all the characters, I think Maggie is probably the one that Megan would be most scared of.

She ends up getting a few secrets of Maggie's. Megan knows what she's capable of, so Maggie does get to her a little bit. But I think Megan has such a high opinion of herself that she just thinks that she can outsmart Maggie.

If anything, even if she goes head-to-head with her, then that makes Maggie look bad as well. She'd just use that again as ammunition. But I think she probably is a little bit scared – quaking in her boots a little bit."

Thursday's episode also sees Eva Price, Leanne Battersby and Toyah Battersby team up to force a confession out of Megan. But when they frogmarch her into the salon flat and things turn violent, are the trio out of their depth?

Beth continued: "They're not natural kidnappers – they don't know what they're doing. They're like: 'Don't get blood on me!' Eva's in her pink clothes and her heels, dragging her down the street, clippy clopping her heels. She just thinks: 'What are you going to do, seriously?'

"Then Toyah hits her, but Megan goes: 'Right, I've got you now. You've assaulted me. I haven't touched you'. Because she's clever – she doesn't attack anyone. She just lets them do it to her. She winds them up because then she can use that as ammunition."

Of course, there's also a chance that Megan may survive the week, since Maggie, Carl Webster, Jodie Ramsey and Theo Silverton are also in the firing line. With so many twists and turns ahead, anything is possible.

Asked about being involved in the big murder mystery week, Beth replied: "It's crazy. This is my first TV job, so this is all completely new to me. When I watched the promo trailer for the week, it looks like I'm in a movie!

"It's just amazing – I've had so much fun with it. It's honestly one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had."

Hollyoaks lines up tragic aftermath for Rex after Froggy death

 Jonny Labey chats to us about what's in store.

Hollyoaks' Rex Gallagher was left grief-stricken this week as he discovered the tragic death of his grandfather Froggy. It's another devastating blow for the struggling mechanic, so where does he go from here?

Froggy lost his life in a dramatic showdown with Clare Devine-Banks, who'd just escaped from prison and rushed back to the village to settle some old scores.

Rex was distraught to lose his beloved grandad, especially after Froggy had lovingly supported him while he explored his identity in recent weeks.

In real life, former Emmerdale actor John Middleton has bowed out from the role of Froggy and is now moving on to star in comedy play Allegra alongside Coronation Street's Dame Maureen Lipman.

Jonny Labey, who plays Rex, recently caught up with us for an exclusive chat about Froggy's exit and what happens next…

We really were! We established a real force of nature with the family dynamic when the Blacks banded together last year. It was turbulent, but there were so many interesting scenes!

"I remember one scene last year where Froggy got everyone together and forced them to talk things over. Seeing all of those dynamite personalities around one table was very exciting – and John was very much the head of that.

"I know John's doing a play now with Maureen Lipman. It was sad to see him go after his wonderful time on the show, but it's great that he's landed on his feet with his next project straight away."

How will Rex deal with the loss of his grandfather?

"In Froggy, Rex found a really unexpected champion for his identity. That was explored beautifully. Froggy has probably seen a lot in his time! Even though people may have assumed he'd be the person who was less approving of Rex exploring his identity, he was someone who'd been in prison for 20 years and lived a varied life.

"It was a really interesting take on the situation where we showed that Ste had a bit of a resistance to Rex experimenting with his clothes and Froggy was the one who encouraged it. Froggy became really proud of what Rex was doing.

"Rex feels like that journey is incomplete. It tears Rex apart to lose Froggy and he is inconsolable."

It was wonderful. The scene that really stands out to me is the one where Froggy told Rex that he was going to have his love and support whether he wanted it or not!

"Froggy really had to fight for that. He wanted Rex to realise that he was being genuine. Froggy didn't like the fact that Rex seemed to be discarding him as a granddad and just seeing him as a criminal. It was his priority to be there for Rex.

"Froggy has died, but there's still so much that was left to say, explore and encourage. Now Rex's support network has very much been taken away from him."

This week, we saw Ste step in to support Rex after the sad news about Froggy. Does this bring the couple closer again?

"It does to an extent. I know that Rex feels like he's almost betrayed Ste by exploring his identity. He's tried to break down this masculine persona that he's got.

"Ste is on board with it, but he has to deal with how Rex thinks he'll react. Rex second-guesses everything, thinking: 'Ste isn't going to approve of this'. He judges himself and fears that he's ruining the relationship while trying to express who he is. That goes on for quite a bit.

"I think Froggy's death definitely brings them closer together, because obviously Rex realises that he's by himself now. It's really sad and difficult to watch, but they do get through it so it's not all doom and gloom!"

That's the ever-burning question! Can he ever stay on the straight and narrow? Can he hide who he is? When certain things arise, character is character.

"That's the thing that's really interesting for me in this storyline. Rex is trying to explore his past and trying to speak to the young boy he was before he joined the gang culture. He would have been an openly queer younger boy, but he fell into some really dangerous circles.

"It's basically about trying to honour that voice and work out what happened to the young boy he used to be, but he has been through what he's been through.

"I've always said that Rex has that exciting unpredictability, so when something goes wrong, it could spark him into something unexpected even though I know he means well. I don't think that side of you really goes!"

Here's how Neighbours sparked a surprise co-star romance after Aaron, Rhett and Colton's love triangle

 "It does feel like a Netflix movie within itself."

Neighbours star Liam Maguire has revealed how the love triangle between his character Rhett Norman, Aaron Brennan and Colton Keys sparked a surprise co-star romance. Airing last year, the storyline had viewers gripped as Aaron (Matt Wilson) chose between his competing love interests.

In the end, he picked Rhett over Colton (Jakob Ambrose) as they departed Ramsay Street together – while Colton stayed until the show's conclusion last year.

However, Liam has confirmed that he is now dating on-screen rival Jakob after working on the soap together.

I think we were both pretty intimidated by each other, which is always a great way to start a relationship," he quipped while speaking with former co-stars Matt and Takaya Honda on Bin Night with Tak and Matty, calling their courtship a "slow burn".

Recalling one incident that suggested there was something more between them, he shared: "We did have one time where we did run lines and it was quite funny. We sort of went to each other's house, and it was so tense."

Liam admitted they "just kept laughing" as they both suggested they should be serious and run the lines, and there was about two hours of tension before they parted ways.

There was probably a while of that and [making excuses to be around each other]," he continued. "There was a bit of that where it was like, 'why are you laughing?' And I was like, 'I'm just finding something funny'. It was very tense."

Calling the circumstances of their bonding "very specific", he added: "Even our relationship now, we're much further along past that, but there's a very specific quality to that.

It's funny, because these days when people go, 'how did you meet?' It's always online these days, and it's funny to be like, 'so we were warring love interests on Neighbours'. And they're like, 'that's crazy!' It's pretty funny. It does feel like a Netflix movie within itself."

During the chat, Liam suggested they were "very subtle" when they were striking up their romance around the time of the on-screen love triangle, notably as they were being "pinned" against one another as characters.

"Even now, people see us and we post photos and stuff, and people are like, 'Oh, it's so good that you guys ended up being friends!'" he joked.