Mary 'the Punk' Smith was a big part of the original EastEnders line-up when it first aired in 1985, with viewers fondly remembering the character who left just three years later ...

There's a police update coming up for Elaine Knight (Harriet Thorpe) in the wake of her latest blunder in EastEnders. In ...

Here, we take a look at some of the characters who have waved goodbye to some of our favourite soaps – only to make a ...