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Corrie to get first lesbian

TEEN terror Sophie Webster is to be the first LESBIAN character in the Street's history, we can reveal.

Sophie (Brooke Vincent) shatters her new born-again Christian image by dumping her boyfriend to romp with a girl member of her bible study group.

The tearaway stunned parents Sally and Kevin when she told them she was turning over a new leaf by turning to God.

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But now she's turned again and gone gay-and soon her clean-cut boyfriend Ben Richardson (Lucien Laviscount) will be history.

Last night our Granada source said TV chiefs were still deciding whether Sophie's lover should be Christian pal Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) or a new character. "The show's bosses want to create a soap representative of society in 2009 and they are acutely aware that they need more gay characters and that they need to tackle more gay issues," said the source.

Sophie's fling-which will hit screens this summer-means factory worker Sean Tully will no longer be the only gay in Weatherfield.

Meanwhile David (Jack P Shepherd) is about to stun rival Gary by giving him an alibi as Bill storms into the Rovers accusing Gary of stealing tools.

Mum Gail is beaming with pride over her son's "honesty" after David and Gary (Mikey North) shake hands.

What she doesn't know is that it was David who nicked the tools. The drama will be screened on April 13.

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Dales

EMMERDALE'S Mark (Maxwell Caulfield) goes hunting-but all he bags is a slap in the face from an old love hiding in the trees. Faye (Kim Thomson) has been stalking him and wants him to leave his wife. Tune in on April 16 to see what happens.

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Oaks

FISTS fly at Lucas's naming ceremony -over the baby's missing mum Amy (Ashley Slanina-Davies). Her fiance Josh (Sonny Flood) blames Lucas's dad Ste (Kieran Richardson) for depressed Amy not being there. See it unfold on April 17.

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Enders

RONNIE collapses at daughter Danielle's funeral after one of EastEnders' most controversial plotlines.

Outraged fans complained to the BBC when Danielle (Lauren Crace) was run over just after Ronnie realised she was the little girl she had had adopted. The agony goes on Thursday April 16.

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i live in australia and have been watching eastenders for years now but we are 3 months behind in eastenders so i havnt yet seen thins episode but when i found out i thought it was one of the biggest mistakes eastenders could make i dont think i will stop watching eastenders but i know alot of fans will be dissapointed.

By kyle . Posted May 25 2009 at 11:37 AM.

i think that they should bring danielle back

By lee. Posted May 8 2009 at 6:10 PM.

wot a load of rubbish...bring danielle back...plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

By margaret. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:03 AM.

eastenders should b ashamed of themselves. killing of danielle why did yas do it. should av bein archie would av made every ones day. pls bring bck danielle 2 it like yous did every one though dirty den was dead and he was nt so do the same for danielle. cause i wil nt watch eastenders again and i no many people is in the same position uses will loose alot of viewers over this. so its time yous get your act together for once

By rosina . Posted April 9 2009 at 12:17 AM.

what an ending?? typical of eastenders writters to do this with the danielle and ronnie storyline. viewers were waiting months for a happy ending and never recieved one. i think it was brilliant myself. soap is life exaggerated!! yes, it would of been great for a happy ending, but the writters have to keep the viewers hooked somehow. besides if ronnie had a daughter in the soap, she wouldnt be the hard-faced woman she is. brilliant acting on samantha janus' part,very dramatic. she showed all the emotions that a real mother would be feeling in that situation. absolutely brilliant!!!

By shelley. Posted April 8 2009 at 11:56 AM.

yeh lets bring her back its still not to late

By kenneth lee. Posted April 8 2009 at 11:23 AM.

what a load of rubbish.we've waited months for danielle and ronnie to be reunited.and just seconds after telling ronnie that she was her daughter she was killed off.the writer and producer of eastenders should be ashame of themselves.very bad ending.

By Naesha Fritz. Posted April 7 2009 at 11:18 PM.

Very disappointing but expected, the reason they killed her off is because they don't know how to write for her once the truth is out. Sack the writers and let Ronnie wake up and find Danielle in the shower, Dallas fashion.

Why should a fine actress like Lauren Crace lose her job because the writers can't do theirs?

Good luck in the future Lauren and I look forward to seeing you in other projects.

By Ewloe. Posted April 5 2009 at 11:05 PM.

REALLY REALLY disappointed with Eastenders, they dragged Danielle's story out for over 7 months and then kill her once she tells Ronnie, how pathetic, did the writers think we would love the story taking this dramatic and dreadful turn, I dont think so!! It annoyed me so much I was really cross and couldn't believe they would do this to us, what a waste of 7 months even that was pathetic I was starting to get really bored of how long it was taking Danielle to tell Ronnie and when she did BANG its all over in a flash, get your act together Eastenders, we are getting fed up of all the doom and gloom, I thought soaps were suppose to depict real life!!!!

By Kate . Posted April 5 2009 at 8:32 PM.

All those months waiting for some action - then like waiting ages for a bus - they all come at once. For god`s sake how can they follow that up..? It was terrible - archie rushing here there and everywhere, peggy constantly asking `wot`s gwon on nah..?`, people getting thrown out the pub, people rushing up the stairs and down the cellar..
Omg how bad was that..? I was dizzy just watching !
It will be all downhill from here..

By Lana. Posted April 5 2009 at 7:25 PM.

BBC SHOULD NOT OF KILLED DANIELLE OFF.IT WAS UTTERLY STUPID DOING THAT

By suzanne o callaghan. Posted April 5 2009 at 5:32 PM.

well what can i say i am sooo angry about eastenders i do not know what the hell is going on it was a complete sham ronnie and danelle should of been soo happy together should of NOT! of ended that way eastenders u should be a shamed of yourselfs u all need to be sacked how that storyline ended up that way BRING BACK DANELLE! BRING BACK DANELLE PLESE! poor ronnie eastenders will never be the same again we love u ronnie and danelle u should be happy together not like that you should be a happy mother and daugter

By Gemma lewis. Posted April 5 2009 at 5:28 PM.

what a load of rubbish. havent watched eastenders for a few years as i feel suicidal after watching a full episode. thursday was eastenders back at its worstnever a happy ending never an original plot never watching it again

By steven hope. Posted April 5 2009 at 4:45 PM.

I to am disappointed it was an awful ending and eastenders surely you could have done better.I watched the other program on the producers and they were so proud of their self's,full of back slapping and praise and massaging one another's egos,is that the very best you could do,i think not and you need to think of other dramatic plots other than killing people of all the time it is becoming totally boring and full of awful and appalling writing,brilliant acting with a very bad script.Lauren Crace was a terrific young actress and addition to the square and you do deserve better scripts for the quality of your acting very well done and good luck in the future.

By fay. Posted April 5 2009 at 4:53 PM.

What a silly way to end the storyline. I have been watching the soap for months and waiting to see what happened. So disappointing for everyone!!!

By Amy. Posted April 5 2009 at 3:47 PM.

Great so we keep the swine archie and lose dannielle?
CAN I TRADE PLEASE??

By Andy. Posted April 5 2009 at 3:36 PM.

I think the producers did well with the storyline, if they would have not killed anyone off then Ronnies character would weaken, she'd be happy with Danielle and that would the be the end of Ronnie.
This way she can still be cold and nasty and 'herself' as she has been since she joined the show, but now we all know why she is cold, she thought her daughter was dead after her dad told her she was. Know she knows she wasn't dead, she's died anyway in result of Archie.

I dont think Archie leaving this week will be the end of him either.

By Lisa. Posted April 5 2009 at 2:36 PM.

very disappionted that Danielle was killed just moments after telling Ronnie the truth but i dont know anyone who did not shed a tear. and that to me is fantastic acting on both there parts. i rarely cry at soaps but this was exceptional. well done to both actress'.

By Lucy. Posted April 5 2009 at 12:49 PM.

See that's why i don't watch it any more! Thought I'd give it a chance seein as I'v not bothered for years. Thinkin see how this gets put right,
and the writers, what do they do? They blow it.
People want to be happy, they want to see the point of things. They want to some drama but they want to laugh. Eastenders have never been able to do that not for along time they trade on the core of misery that that most people are fightin day in day out. It takes spirit, it takes imagination to entertain. The writers logo must be: Keep 'em miserable, they love it.

By looby-loo. Posted April 5 2009 at 11:58 AM.

I Was so frustrated with the storyline i didnt watch it on friday all of us enders fans wanted a happy ending for once not the typical sad ending for months we have watched waiting for the moment when she was finally going to find out and this happens yes its a soap and supposed to be dramatic but well....
They cant change the storyline now anyway so we may aswell stop complaining its the typical kop out that we always get from soap writers nothing happy ever happens

By Andy. Posted April 5 2009 at 12:10 PM.

I think both the writer and the producer should be a shamed
of what they done. We all were looking for happy ending. What we got is not fair. Bring Danielle back.

By sab. Posted April 5 2009 at 12:43 PM.

It amazes me how much people get wrapped up in this make believe TV. All they do is consume hours of your life day in day out with pathetic constantly repeated storylines.

Its a sad situation when people find themselves more bothered about soap characters lives whilst sitting on there arse neglecting there own.

You only get one shot and mine not be consumed with such rubbish in the first place

By Phil Butler. Posted April 5 2009 at 11:28 AM.

Completely dissapointing eastenders
But i guess thats all part of the drama, as thats what the soap is, i got an email from the bbc after complaining, saying they had to produce the drama to live up to there name. So i kinda get it. But they could of done it with someone else! Brilliant storyline, awful ending. I dont think i can imagine Ronnie in eastenders anymore, i think she will leave. Janine wasnt the right person to kill Danielle, as her dad killed his daughter, its just coinsidence.

By melll.. Posted April 5 2009 at 11:17 AM.

Found the outcome of the Danielle storyline very disappointing, for months we have waited for them to reunited and share happy storylines. what a waste of a great story.Surely you could have given us the ending we deserved.

By Anna. Posted April 5 2009 at 10:59 AM.

Danielle story line was a waste of time it dragged on to long and got boring. THANK GOD SHE'S DEAD
Next up Archie PLEASE!

By alex. Posted April 5 2009 at 10:33 AM.

I was in my element when i realised that Ronnie was to actually find out that Danielle was her daughter, and that there was going to be some great episodes of them being re-united but NO !! you had to go and ruin it by killing her off what a DISASTER !! . I really feel like we have been let down we had a long drawn out wait for them to be together and then you have her killed !! I really don't feel like i want to watch any more episodes they SUCK !!!!!

By Maffa. Posted April 5 2009 at 9:40 AM.

BRING BACK DANIELLE!! LET THM HAV A HAPPY ENDING 4 A CHANGE....KILL ARCHIE!! DID IT WITH JR AND BLOODY DIRTY DEN....

By laura. Posted April 5 2009 at 9:20 AM.

i totally agree what they did was wrong and they should have gave them a happy ending after thats what ronnie deserved
ronnie lost her baby thought she was dead and she turns up alive and she is dead whats that all about its just so wrong sorry EASTENDERS you my favourite soap but after this i dont know anymore

By sarah wyer. Posted April 5 2009 at 9:33 AM.

Eastenders - What an earth are you doing?! You drag out the story line for months - what you do best...then kill of the poor girl just as it was about to get gritty! Its all doom and gloom over there at the minute. Bring back Alfie and Kat - at least then there were a few laughs. You have ruined whar could have been a highly sucessful storyline here...shame on you.

By Karin. Posted April 5 2009 at 8:45 AM.

what a waste of time! was so disappointed in the death of danielle was looking forward to them being reunited at long last!! couldnt watch fridays episode so fed up with it.

By jenny. Posted April 5 2009 at 8:01 AM.

I think the only way Eastenders can oull it out of the bag is if Danielle wasn't her daughter but got the locket off someone else before she was adopted.

By Mike. Posted April 5 2009 at 7:22 AM.

let it all be a dream as this story could run Lauren Grace was brilliant she deserves more air time i feel let down by this ending

By jean brown . Posted April 5 2009 at 7:30 AM.

I totally agree with Paul Kieley..."WHAT A WASTE OF TIME".. for once I thought this would open up a great story line, SHOCK HORROR !!!! how lazy can you get, there would have been some terrific storylines...about time we had a little happiness in this soap, getting sick and tired of the screaming and tears.....maybe they can re write it as a "DREAM" and Ronnie wakes up the morning after at the bedside of Danielle and Danielle wakes from the coma and says "MUM"...well if you think this is silly, it cant be worse than the original story line.
Eastenders has lost a great little actress in Lauren Crace

By DEE DAVEY. Posted April 5 2009 at 5:57 AM.

Regarding Eastenders above, i heard the producer did not even have Lauren Crace on a 3 or 6 or a 12 month contract, and i thought these storylines were written months in advance . After about 6 missed opportunites [ if more sorry ] we finally get to see her tell Ronnie and moments later just because the writers were at a crossroads with janine they thought lets kill 2 birds with 1 stone, first of all this was done before with frank and tiffany, and secondly what are the hell are the writers paid for if they cannot think of stories for Danielle and Ronnie after Ronnie knows the truth, i for one am utterly disapponted and feel really let-down, are they not supposed to be reflecting real life ? normally 7 months would be much less than what they portrayed .

By paul kieley. Posted April 5 2009 at 2:15 AM.

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