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BBC's EastEnders star Clay Milner Russell, known for his portrayal of Bobby Beale, has decided to leave the soap after an eventful five-year stint.

EastEnders star Max Bowden has spoken out after news of his emotional exit from the BBC soap following four years playing fan favourite Ben Mitchell.

EastEnders star Max Bowden is set to make an emotional exit from the BBC soap after playing fan favourite Ben Mitchell for four years.

An EastEnders fan-favourite is set to return to Albert Square next week after leaving the soap six years ago.

Charlie Jones is all grown up 13 years on from his role on EastEnders as Ben Mitchell. Charlie, 26, took on the role of 10 year old Ben in 2006 and went on to be a regular face on the BBC soap for four years, featuring on nearly 300 episodes in total. Charlie’s not the only star to have played Charlie though; six actors have portrayed EastEnders icon Phil Mitchell and Kathy Beale’s son over the years.

Bill Treacher, who is best known for playing Arthur Fowler in EastEnders, has died aged 92.

EastEnders has officially confirmed that former characters including George 'Lofty' Holloway, Lauren Branning and Mary 'The Punk' Smith are among those set to return to Albert Square for the funeral of Dot Branning later this year.

EastEnders has started filming a special funeral episode for Dot Cotton after actress June Brown passed away aged 95 in April. New filming pictures give viewers a first look at the emotional scenes, which are set to air in the upcoming weeks, and see a horse-drawn carriage with white flowers spelling out "Dot".

There's a familiar face heading back to Albert Square as Jacqueline Jossa has been spotted filming scenes as part of sensational return to EastEnders at Dot Branning’s emotional funeral.The actress, 29, left the soap four years ago when her character moved to New Zealand but is back at the Elstree Studios to give Dot a good send off as part of a special tribute episode to June Brown, who played the iconic character for 35 years. A horse-drawn hearse with a floral arrangement spelling "Dot" was seen heading to the set and a source told The Sun: “Bosses got in touch with Jacq about returning for Dot’s special episode and she was more than happy to come back.They added: “She was back last week filming her little guest stint.” An EastEnders spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by OK!.

Danny Dyer was seen grabbing a coffee from fast food chain McDonalds in his lavish £180k Bentley this week, after filming some of his final scenes ahead of his EastEnders exit.The actor was seen receiving his hot beverage from the staff at the takeaway restaurant before stopping to fuel up his supercar. For the outing, the star sported casual attire which featured a dark long sleeve polo shirt paired with denim jeans and white trainers.

An EastEnders fan believes they have worked out this year’s Christmas storyline and how Danny Dyer may exit the BBC One soap.Taking to Twitter, soap fan Ryan predicted that Linda Carter (played by Kellie Bright) will fake having amnesia when she wakes up from her coma and will pretend that she doesn’t remember Janine Butcher’s (played by Charlie Brooks) involvement in the car crash that led to her being in hospital. But he thinks Linda will “get her own back on Janine in the end” and everything will be exposed on Christmas Day and rip the Carter family apart, leading to Mick Carter’s (played by Danny Dyer) departure.

There has been an outpouring of tributes to EastEnders star June Brown after the BBC announced news of her death. The soap icon's family confirmed she died, aged 95, surrounded by her family at home in Surrey on Sunday (April 3).

EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.

Former EastEnders actor Jack Derges announced the birth of his second child and revealed an interesting choice of name too. The soap star, who played Andy Flynn on the BBC soap, shared an adorable snap of his newborn baby boy on Instagram and fans of the actor flocked to the comments to congratulate him and his partner. The 34 year old is engaged to dance academy founder Yasmin Alamiri and the star shared the happy news and introduced baby Raffi into the world.

EastEnders star Leonard Fenton has died at the age of 95.