EMMERDALE'S Manpreet Sharma went missing last night after serial-killer Meena Jutla’s plea hearing ended in further torment.
Just as fans thought she'd do, typical Meena denied murder in court, and only pleading guilty to the lesser charges of kidnap, attempted murder and a non-fatal shooting.
After the hearing, Manpreet began to buckle under the mounting pressure of her crucial upcoming testimony, and found herself suffering a panic attack in church.
She was then after seen alone in her car which was parked in a woodland area. And despite Charles’ panicked calls to her phone, she then abandoned it in the car before walking out into the woods in the dark.
Will Manpreet be okay? Or will something devastating happen to her as the search party begins?
Read our soap spoilers live blog for the latest updates…
- Louis Allwood
Arthur Fowler devastated as grandma Jean drops horrifying bombshell on him
THE truth about Kush Kazemi's death has finally come to light but remains shocking for his loved ones.
Unfortunately, Jean Slater crosses a line next week in EastEnders when she drops the bombshell on his son Arthur Fowler.
tacey Slater is worried about her mother Jean (played by actress Gillian Wright) well-being as she goes through a manic episode.
When the cleaner blocks the Walford market by purchasing a bouncy castle for all the kids, the owner of Stacey's Baps is mortified as she spots her mother on the castle… before she accidentally hurts Arthur (Hunter Bell).
Jean embarrasses herself and is joined by Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman) who is soon scolded by Stacey for not understanding Jean's condition.
Following the encounter, Stacey makes a huge decision and bans her mother from spending time alone with the kids.
Jean is hurt by this and, later on, confronts Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), insisting she's more than capable of looking after the children.
However, she proves herself wrong when she manages to slip out to the tube station with her grandson Arthur – where she tells him his biological father Kush was actually murdered by serial killer Gray Atkins.
- Louis Allwood
Denise Van Outen reveals HUGE row with Emmerdale star
Denise Van Outen has revealed how an almighty row between her and former pal, Emmerdale star Sheree Murphy, ended their tight friendship.
In another of the shocking revelations from the presenter's tell-all book, A Bit of Me, Denise talks about how the pair fell out when Denise put a man before her mate.
The former Big Breakfast presenter, 47, became close with soap star Sheree in her late teens.
Sheree, who is now married to footballer Harry Kewell, went on to play Tricia Dingle in Emmerdale, Eva Strong in Hollyoaks and Dakota Davies in Neighbours.
She also finished in third place on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in 2005 and enjoyed a stint on Loose Women.
But back then she and Denise were just two aspiring stars who ended up becoming close after Denise dated a DJ called Darren who was pals with Sheree's brother.
Quickly, Denise ended up moving in with Sheree and her family around the age of 17, claiming the living arrangement "just sort of happened".
But when the two teenagers went out clubbing and Denise decided to go back to Darren's rather than heading home with Sheree, their friendship soured.
Denise recalls: "This story saddens me a bit because Sheree and I were good friends, and I suppose it was my relationship with Darren and the way it came about that came between us for a long time."
- Louis Allwood
Emmerdale spoilers: Charity Dingle makes shock decision
For several weeks, Charity Dingle has been fighting over The Woolpack with her cousin Chas.
Coming up in Emmerdale, the landlady makes a huge decision about their feud.
After snatching the iconic pub away from Al Chapman, Charity (played by Emma Atkins) was perhaps expecting some gratitude from Chas (Lucy Pargeter).
Unfortunately, the landladies ended up bickering over their plans for the inn and their row escalated into a bitter and explosive fight in the village and during Liv and Vinny's party.
While they've been fighting, however, many residents around them are tired of watching them at each other's throats.
Marlon's horrific stroke is set to build a bridge between the Dingles, a clan known to hold family at the top of its priority list, despite the many fights and arguments that may erupt.
Next week, Charity pays a visit to Sam and Lydia Dingle and both encourage her to patch things up with Chas before she comes to regret it.
Lydia then takes a step towards Chas to give her some tough love and challenges her to be the bigger person and end her feud with Charity.
- Louis Allwood
Corrie fans call out glaring newspaper blunder
CORRIE fans were already surprised when Abi Webster unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy.
But during last night's instalment of the ITV soap, they were even more baffled when she was featured in the Weatherfield Gazette.
It's another blunder for the cobbles amid Abi's pregnancy nightmare.
Wednesday's trip to Weatherfield left fans of the long-running drama scratching their heads after they learned Abi (played by Sally Carman) had been picked for a "centre page spread" in the local newspaper.
Abi was made aware of this by her sister-in-law Debbie (Sue Devaney) who confronted her upon reading the front page of the newspaper.
However, Coronation Street viewers were quick in pointing out how unrealistic this was.
As they mentioned on Twitter, this would never happen since the gazette would not be able to name Abi as the drug-addicted mother who left her baby in Weatherfield hospital.
One fuming viewer scoffed: "Oh please. The Weatherfield Gazette would not name Abi. And how the hell have they got a centre spread out of this non-story without interviewing her?"
"Are the media actually allowed to name the mother like that??", another wrote.
- Louis Allwood
Emmerdale HAD to axe Meena’s character
Emmerdale writer Sharon Marshall has addressed why the soap’s Meena storyline must end soon.
Speaking on ITV’s This Morning on Wednesday, Phillip Schofield asked Sharon whether the ITV team were planning Meena’s comeuppance.
Sharon replied: "We do love the serial killers and go: 'Is there a way to keep them in? Can people get away with it?.'"
The soap writer however explained that given the depth of Meena’s (Paige Sandhu) character, it wasn’t going to be a valid option to keep the twisted psychopath in the show.
"We said: 'Is there a way legally she could go through this, if she pleads a certain way?' The research team read out 25 counts of illegal activity that she’d done just on-screen that we knew about, probably more off-screen."
"She’d broken the law 25 times, so probably not," Sharon added.
- Louis Allwood
Emmerdale viewers may ‘boycott soap’ if HUGE character is killed off
EMMERDALE fans are ready to boycott the soap if a beloved character is killed off.
Spoilers have confirmed Marlon Dingle (played by Mark Charnock) will be put in danger next week on the ITV soap.
Most are worried that Marlon won’t make it through the operation and are ready to give up on the programme altogether.
One viewer wrote: “Oh no! What’s wrong with Marlon? You can’t kill him off too. We need Marlon. Please don’t take him away.”
Another promised: “If they kill Marlon then I’ve done with watching Emmerdale!.”
One viewer pleaded: “Do me at least a favour and don’t kill him off please, he’s one of my favourites in the show.”
- Louis Allwood
EastEnders Jean Slater rides rollercoaster in wedding dress
JEAN Slater is spiralling out of control in EastEnders – and will soon quit Walford and go on the run.
The cleaner – who is played by actress Gillian Wright in the BBC soap – is suffering from a manic bipolar episode.
Viewers have seen her become impulsive and make reckless decisions like stealing from her own family to fund a dirty weekend away with her boyfriend.
But now filming pictures have revealed that Jean is set to flee Walford in the coming months.
She will be seen wearing a wedding dress and riding a rollercoaster after running away to Southend.
Her daughter Stacey and former son in law Martin Fowler will be in hot pursuit no doubt hoping to bring her home.
- Louis Allwood
Emmerdale fans beg for Meena's return
EMMERDALE fans beg for Meena to return to ITV soap ahead of court scenes.
Viewers of the ITV soap are desperate to see evil serial killer Meena Jutla return later this week, after she was left out of the show again on Wednesday night.
She is due to attend her pre-trial court hearing after being charged with 18 crimes, and fans are desperate to find out whether she will plead guilty or not.
Taking to Twitter to express their hopes that the character will return, one viewer wrote: "Can we have Meena on? Never thought I'd say that #Emmerdale".
A second shared: "Save Meena! It's going to be absolute s***e without her! #Emmerdale".
And a third said: "I have a feeling we will not be seeing the last of Meena this week… And honestly I hope I'm right! #Emmerdale."
- Louis Allwood
Steve McFadden to face court for allegedly speeding on scooter
EASTENDERS hard man Steve McFadden is facing court for allegedly breaking a 20mph speed limit on his scooter.
The actor, 62, who plays Phil Mitchell, was said to have been doing 35mph last October 10.
He was pulled over by an officer with a mobile speed gun as he drove his Piaggio near his home in London.
The star is due before Bromley magistrates today. He could receive penalty points and a fine.
McFadden is sometimes spotted riding a scooter to Elstree Studio, Herts, where the soap is filmed.
In 2010 he was snapped riding his motorcycle on a pavement but police were never informed.
And in 1996 he was banned from driving for 18 months after he was stopped at the wheel of his Rolls-Royce having sunk the equivalent of nine double vodkas.
- Joseph Gamp
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Danny Dyer threatened by bailiffs over petrol incident
DANNY Dyer was threatened by bailiffs after accidentally doing a runner from a petrol station.
The EastEnders star, 44, got a letter threatening to take items from his house as he failed to pay for €120 of petrol.
But "angry" Danny was sure he had not done it and even went to the police to report someone pretending to be him.
He said: "I've never done that in my life. I'm lucky, I've got reddies. There's no way in the world I would do that."
However, when he went to the garage to complain, he was shown CCTV of him paying for sweets, but not the fuel.
The embarrassed actor added: "So, it was me. The cashier forgot to ask me to pay for the petrol.
"But now I've paid for it. I cleared it all up.
"I walked out of that f*****g petrol garage with my tail between my legs."
Top 10 British Soap Operas – do you agree?
Ranker have ranked (of course!) the best British Soap Operas of all time.
We Brits tend to feel quite strongly about our favourite soaps, and even among those of us who don’t watch them regularly have an opinion on what we think is the best one.
Below are the top 10 soaps according to votes on Ranker – find out if you agree!
1. Coronation Street
2. EastEnders
3. Emmerdale
4. Hollyoaks
5. Brookside
6. Eldorado
7. Doctors
8. Take the High Road
9. Family Affairs
10. River CityRoss Kemp is 'surprised' to have his own gameshow
FORMER EastEnders toughie ROSS KEMP admits he is surprised to have ended up hosting a daytime gameshow.
The Grant Mitchell actor and hard-hitting documentary maker returned to BBC1 this week to front Bridge Of Lies – and claims he's at an age where he can't be picky.
Ross said: "It's not necessarily where I thought I'd be but you know what? I loved it. It was very different from the rest of the year. At my age, rule everything in, rule nothing out." But he did avoid copying other gameshow hosts and added: "You can't be like somebody else.
"If you play a character like Grant Mitchell you can hide behind the leather jacket, the neanderthal-type walk, but as a host you have to be yourself."
EastEnders Jean Slater rides rollercoaster in wedding dress
JEAN Slater is spiralling out of control in EastEnders – and will soon quit Walford and go on the run.
The cleaner – who is played by actress Gillian Wright in the BBC soap – is suffering from a manic bipolar episode.
Viewers have seen her become impulsive and make reckless decisions like stealing from her own family to fund a dirty weekend away with her boyfriend.
But now filming pictures have revealed that Jean is set to flee Walford in the coming months.
She will be seen wearing a wedding dress and riding a rollercoaster after running away to Southend.
Her daughter Stacey and former son in law Martin Fowler will be in hot pursuit no doubt hoping to bring her home.
Coronation Street star Richard Fleeshman unrecognisable
Richard Fleeshman looks worlds away from his time on Coronation Street as he strips down to gold hotpants in the upcoming comedy Deep Heat.
ITV2 are set to release a brand new comedy show called Deep Heat, which will feature the ex-Corrie actor – and it's not one you want to miss.
- Louis Allwood
Emmerdale bosses reveal truth behind Meena Jutla’s axing
EMMERDALE bosses have revealed the truth behind Meena Jutla’s axing from the soap.
The serial killer – who is played by actress Paige Sandhu in the ITV soap – will soon exit the show despite being hugely popular with viewers.
But now Emmerdale writer Sharon Marshall has revealed that bosses were desperate to find a way to keep Meena around – but couldn’t over her many crimes.
Speaking on This Morning, Phillip Schofield asked her: "You say: 'Can she get away with it?' and obviously that will be the question, but didn't you have a little analysis at work?"
Sharon said: "Yeah, I was just telling you this. We do love the serial killers and go: 'Is there a way to keep them in? Can people get away with it?'"
"So we said: 'Is there a way legally she could go through this, if she pleads a certain way?'
“The research team read out 25 counts of illegal activity that she'd done just on-screen that we knew about, probably more off-screen.
"She'd broken the law 25 times, so probably not."
Meena will soon face justice during her trial in the coming weeks.
- Joseph Gamp
Corrie’s Colson Smith claims he had to wear 20XL size clothes as a teen
Corrie star Colson Smith has revealed that he had to wear size 20XL as a teenager because he was “too fat” to fit into clothes.
The actor – who plays Craig Tinker on the ITV soap for a decade – said he struggled to find the right size clothing when he was growing up and relied on one specific online retailer for his outfits.
The 23-year-old soap star decided to overhaul his fitness regime during the first lockdown and lost ten stone.
He previously admitted he was self-harming with food after being abused for his weight by viewers at just 11 years old.
Recalling happier days from his childhood, Colson said on the Sofa Cinema Club podcast: “Henry VIII was the first ever part that I played in year three and I smashed it at age eight.
“Each school form would take on the assembly, it was my class turn to run the assembly and we a show about Henry VIII and I was Henry VIII and I was f******g mint.
“It was that good we had to put the assembly on for the parents. It was that moment that I wanted to be an actor and started showing interest in it.”
- Louis Allwood
Danny Dyer reveals ‘toxic’ rift behind fall-out with family members
Danny Dyer has opened up about a "toxic" rift that forced him to stop speaking to some members of his family.
The 44-year-old actor – who plays Mick Carter on BBC One's EastEnders – said that the fallouts got so bad that he's since cut ties with a number of his relatives.
Speaking on Sorted with the Dyers, Danny said: "I've got rifts in my family, I've got a big old family and there's been a lot of fallouts over the years – sort of aunts, uncles, cousins, people who I don't really talk to anymore…there's a lot of us."
The TV favourite then recalled moments from his childhood back when his family were close knit.
"It's weird because we sort of all grew up together and back in the 80s it was a very different world, it was more family orientated," he said.
"We'd all go round to my nan's on a Saturday and she'd do 46 roast dinners.
"There was a big square outside and we'd all go play out there and go back to my nan's house.
"It was a family…but as you get older and it gets more complicated you start to fall out."
The star pointed out that his career may have played a fundamental part in the falling out.
- Louis Allwood
EastEnders' Jean Slater drowns in the sea in wedding dress
Jean Slater looks set to drown in a wedding dress in a dramatic new storyline.
The cleaner – who is played by actress Gillian Wright in the BBC soap – suffers from bipolar disorder and looks set to spiral out of control.
In dramatic new filming pictures Jean can be seen wearing a full wedding dress for a trip to Southend in Essex after quitting Walford.
She can be seen wading out into the sea on the beach before getting into trouble.
Jean will desperately fight for her life in the scenes that will air later this year.
The snaps also reveal that Jean’s daughter Stacey will be hot on her heels trying to bring her mum home, realising she is in trouble.
Stacey will selflessly throw herself into the ocean to save her mum.
But will she manage to get to her in time?
- Louis Allwood
The return of Tiffany Butcher
EastEnders fans will see the return of Tiffany Butcher in the next episode of the soap to offer comfort to Keegan Baker ahead of his exit.
Keegan is struggling to cope after it was revealed that Gray Atkins, his brother-in-law, murdered and abused his sister Chantelle.
Keegan and his family had no idea Gray had been abusing his wife for years, and she didn't tell them.
He blames himself for Chantelle's death and for not protecting her from the abuse.
Recent episodes saw him lash out at residents and his mum Karen as he continued to spiral, getting drunk before setting fire to his van that Gray bought for him.
In tonight's episode, estranged wife Tiffany Butcher heads back to Walford after being told about Gray to help Keegan despite their split.
- Louis Allwood
Toby-Alexander Smith charging £40 for messages days after exiting soap
EASTENDERS villain Gray Atkins might be gone – but you can still pay for him to menace your friends.
The actor who played the sinister solicitor, Toby-Alexander Smith, 32, is offering video messages online for £40 a go.
Looking much more cheerful than his cold-eyed killer character, he announced today that he had joined Cameo.
The service is used to put celebrities in touch with their fans and make messages for birthday surprises and the like.
Dressed in a jumper and with none of Gray's trademark dead-eyed staring, he tells fans breezily: "Hello I'm Toby-Alexander Smith and I'm now on Cameo.
"If you'd like to receive a personalised video message from me please send in your requests and I look forward to seeing them. Cheers."
- Louis Allwood
Corrie fans baffled as villain quits the cobbles
CORONATION Street fans are confused after Grace Vickers quit the cobbles just days after returning.
The mum – who is played by actress Kate Spencer in the ITV soap – made a shock return to the cobbles this week.
She wanted more money from the Bailey family to stay away from her daughter Glory.
After previously taking £20,000, she demanded another £10,000 leading to the couple telling their son Michael what was really going on.
He went to confront Grace – and was convinced she was suffering from some trauma and needed help.
But she soon set him straight – she just couldn’t be a mother.
However fans were confused at why Grace would quit the cobbles just days after returning – and without the money she wanted.
One wrote: "LOL! Grace suddenly instantly turned nice and remorseful there after a 5 minute chat with Michael?! Get him to be an international peace ambassador immediately!"
- Louis Allwood
Corrie’s Colson Smith claims he had to wear 20XL size clothes as a teen
Corrie star Colson Smith has revealed that he had to wear size 20XL as a teenager because he was "too fat" to fit into clothes.
The actor – who plays Craig Tinker on the ITV soap for a decade – said he struggled to find the right size clothing when he was growing up and relied on one specific online retailer for his outfits.
The 23-year-old soap star decided to overhaul his fitness regime during the first lockdown and lost ten stone.
He previously admitted he was self-harming with food after being abused for his weight by viewers at just 11 years old.
Recalling happier days from his childhood, Colson said on the Sofa Cinema Club podcast: "Henry VIII was the first ever part that I played in year three and I smashed it at age eight.
"Each school form would take on the assembly, it was my class turn to run the assembly and we a show about Henry VIII and I was Henry VIII and I was f******g mint.
"It was that good we had to put the assembly on for the parents. It was that moment that I wanted to be an actor and started showing interest in it."
- Louis Allwood
Arthur Fowler devastated as grandma Jean drops horrifying bombshell on him
THE truth about Kush Kazemi's death has finally come to light but remains shocking for his loved ones.
Unfortunately, Jean Slater crosses a line next week in EastEnders when she drops the bombshell on his son Arthur Fowler.
tacey Slater is worried about her mother Jean (played by actress Gillian Wright) well-being as she goes through a manic episode.
When the cleaner blocks the Walford market by purchasing a bouncy castle for all the kids, the owner of Stacey's Baps is mortified as she spots her mother on the castle… before she accidentally hurts Arthur (Hunter Bell).
Jean embarrasses herself and is joined by Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman) who is soon scolded by Stacey for not understanding Jean's condition.
Following the encounter, Stacey makes a huge decision and bans her mother from spending time alone with the kids.
Jean is hurt by this and, later on, confronts Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), insisting she's more than capable of looking after the children.
However, she proves herself wrong when she manages to slip out to the tube station with her grandson Arthur – where she tells him his biological father Kush was actually murdered by serial killer Gray Atkins.
- Louis Allwood
Huge Meena bombshell tonight as killer appears in court
EMMERDALE will tonight air a hour long episode and will see MeenaFINALLY appear in court – leading to a shock twist.
The serial killer has finally been forced to face up to her crimes, as she addresses all of the charges against her – from assault, to attempted murder and murder.
However, viewers of the soap will soon after notice she is playing some sort of game, as usual.
With Manpreet being asked to testify, she suffers a panic attack, as she becomes overwhelmed with the prospect of taking to the stand herself.
Meena's mind games also leave her struggling to cope, and Manpreet soon falls apart.
It's been revealed that the character will go missing in the fallout, sparking concern with those in the village.
Viewers will be shown Manpreet's abandoned car and phone as she disappears into the night.
But where will she have gone to? And what will happen with Meena?
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