Samaritans calls for an end to EastEnders

Samaritans crisis counselling service has made an urgent plea to EastEnders producers begging them to stop making the long-running soap.

A spokesman for the charity commented, ‘Recently we have been overrun with calls during transmission of the show and it’s just becoming all too much for our phone counsellors to handle.’

One call centre worker who asked for his identity not to be disclosed said: 'On sixty-three separate occasion I requested emergency services go to Beachy Head to talk down ‘jumpers’ following last Christmas Day's episode.'

So far, the BBC has yet to respond to the request.

Queen Vic to leave EastEnders after 40 years

The iconic Pub is to move from EastEnders, four decades after it's first appearance on the soap.

In a statement the 40-year-old facade said it was "extremely sad" but also "very excited". It denied rumours that it had extensive work done in 2022 at a huge cost to the BBC.

The BBC has also announced EastEnders will broadcast a live episode on 20 February, which will include a plot outcome which will be decided by viewers who will be asked if vacant space on the square will become aVape shop run by Ian Beale, a Multi-story carpark, or charity shop.

Queenie said: "After 40 solid years on the square, I have decided it's time to move on to pastures new" leading to speculation that, ia departure from it's normal role, it is believed to have a part lined up as a sheep shed on Emmerdale.

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