Emmerdale casts EastEnders star as Rhona Goskirk's mother Mary on ITV soap

Brooke Kinsella is pregnant with her second child, OK! can exclusively reveal. Announcing herself and her husband Simon Boardley’s special news, the former EastEnders star has shared an adorable snap of her daughter Elsie kissing her bare bump.The 38 year old’s news comes just 18 months after she and Simon welcomed Elsie into the world and Brooke exclusively introduced her to OK!. Brooke told us of baby number two being on the way: “It’s all kisses for now… Here we go again @Simonboardley”.

EastEnders actor Steve McFadden has been hit with five points on his driving licence and forced to pay a £580 fine after being caught speeding. The actor, 63, best known for playing Phil Mitchell in the BBC soap, was pulled over by a police officer with a mobile speed gun in October last year. He was caught doing 35mph in a 20mph zone while on his moped near his home in North London.

Former EastEnders actor Danny Walters looked worlds away from his character Keanu Taylor over the weekend as he showed off his new look in Amsterdam. The actor, 28, who left the BBC One soap in 2020 after almost three years on Albert Square, took to Instagram to post a collection of snaps from his getaway.

Coronation Street fans were surprised to see another Benidorm star make a cameo on the famous cobbles. The ITV soap already stars Tony Maudsley, who played Kenneth on the popular comedy series, but on Friday 18 March viewers were delighted to see Derren Litten also making an appearance on the show.

EastEnders’ Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris) will soon make a dramatic return to the BBC soap when the heavily pregnant mum steps back into Albert Square and almost immediately goes into labour. In scenes that will air on the soap next week, surrogate Bernie, who left Walford at the end of last year, will be back as she prepares to hand over her newborn to parents Stuart (Ricky Champ) and Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks).

ITV Coronation Street star Ryan Prescott has shared some handy advice to fans with depression and anxiety. The Corrie star has opened up on his battle with both during a forthright and frank post.

Emmerdale writer Sharon Marshall has revealed that the ITV soap considered keeping murderer Meena Jutla on screen ahead of the character's "satisfying ending". Speaking on This Morning, Sharon, 50, teased details about the Meena storyline and said that writers realistically couldn't keep the village murderer on the ITV soap as she has committed 25 crimes. During the soap segment, Phillip Schofield said: "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?" To which Sharon then admitted: "Yeah, I was just telling you this.

Emmerdale sent fans wild on Tuesday as it released the new logo for its 50th anniversary.The ITV soap will celebrate 50 years on 16 October after the first-ever episode aired in 1972.Taking to Twitter, Emmerdale released the new logo and teased: "Our birthday year has begun! Watch out for lots of exciting things happening later in the year, but for now we’re excited to reveal our birthday logo." While Tony Pipes, Executive Creative Director of ITV Creative, said in a statement: "It's always a pleasure to be part of such an iconic brand’s history and with that, our logo nods to Emmerdale’s heritage, keeping its classic look, with an elegant celebratory 50 that timelessly spans the decades from when the show was born to this very special year." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. Mandy Dingle star Lisa Riley also took to Twitter to announce the new logo and tease "dramatic" storylines.The actress penned: "So as we approach the official 50th Birthday of @emmerdale later on in the year……today launched the new LOGO……..I am sure the drama is going keep coming and coming.

Following the box-office success of Free Guy and critical acclaim of The Adam Project, director Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds are now looking for the hat trick as Levy is now in negotiations to direct Marvel’s Deadpool 3. Reynolds is set to star Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are penning the script. Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin penned a previous draft.

Coronation Street star Harriet Bibby shared some fun behind-the-scenes secrets from the hit ITV soap on Thursday. The actress, 23, who plays Summer Spellman, took to Instagram to take part in a fun Q&A session with soap fans.

Emmerdale fans went wild over The Woolpack's new "modern" makeover on Thursday's hour-long episode as new owners Charity Dingle and Ryan Stocks had a disastrous opening. The iconic boozer, which was destroyed in a dramatic explosion at the end of last year, was previously owned by Chas Dingle and Marlon Dingle. However, the duo were forced to give it up when they got into money troubles and it went to auction, where Charity and Ryan were unveiled as the surprise owners.

Rhona Goskirk got quite the surprise at the start of this week when her mum appeared in the village.

Emmerdale fans will get to see former EastEnders star Louise Jameson make her debut in the ITV soap as Mary – Rhona Goskirk's (Zoe Henry) mother. Ahead of her Dales debut this Monday (7 March), Louise shared a first look snap of her in Mary's hair and makeup to her 32K Twitter followers.The shot showed her wearing a glowy makeup look with a cream beret matched with lots of patterned clothing. She captioned the picture: "Photo and make up courtesy of Scott Beszick...

EastEnders favourite Nitin Ganatra has opened up about his family being targeted by thugs over the years at his family’s corner shop. The BBC soap star, 54, has recently spoken out about his family’s corner shop “being targeted a lot” when he was growing up.The actor played popular character Masood Ahmed for over ten years on EastEnders, from 2007 until he left the popular soap in 2019. Nitin chatted openly on the Made in the Midlands podcast.