Hollyoaks confirms details of Diane's devastating final scenes next week

 Tony and Diane share a dance.

Hollyoaks has confirmed the details of Diane Hutchinson's devastating final scenes, which are set to air next week as Alex Fletcher prepares to bow out of the Channel 4 soap after 16 years in the role.

It was announced in February that the actor had decided to end her stint on the soap, with the exit storyline for the much-loved character seeing her diagnosed with terminal stage-four ovarian cancer.

After being given mere months to live, Diane has since been told that her time is even more limited that initially expected, and the soap has now confirmed that she will make her final appearance next week.

As Diane's final week begins, she confides in husband Tony, telling him that she fears Ro is bottling up his emotions again. At Ste and Rex's pre-wedding dinner at The Dog, Nancy Osborne exchanges some stolen glances with her struggling friend.

Elsewhere, trouble is looming as Ro attempts to drown his sorrows at The Hutch, with the following day seeing the wedding of Ste Hay and Rex Gallagher take place. As the guests try to keep spirits high, Tony whisks Diane up for an emotional dance to their favourite song.

In Diane's final episode, which airs on Wednesday 13 May, Diane records nursery rhymes for her daughter Eva. Knowing she is approaching the end of her life, she reflects on the happy memories of her time in the village.

Tony praises Ro for being brave, and the family decide to bring food to Diane as she rests upstairs. Meanwhile, the Osbornes and Keanes start feuding again, so Leela decides to tear a strip off Beth.

Tony and the children subsequently bring the party to Diane while attempting to do their best to cheer her up. Tony is worried that Diane is cold and uncomfortable, but she assures him that she is fine.

When Tony puts Diane to bed, she thanks him for their dance today, and Diane asks Tony to leave the door open. As Diane listens to Tony and her teenagers singing a nursery rhyme to Eva to get her to sleep, she passes away peacefully.

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.

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Tane Parata to make another devastating decision in hospital scenes

 He's not reacting well after everything that has happened to him.

After the last few months have seen him framed, go on the run, returning only to be sent to prison and suffering a near-fatal accident, Tane Parata is now set to evaluate his life and make another drastic decision.

In scenes airing this week, Tane will tell girlfriend Jo Langham that he wants to end their relationship.

In his mind, he feels betrayed by Jo after she kept her distance during his ordeal and hesitated to visit him in prison. While she has her own reasons for acting the way she did, Tane has made up his mind.

Speaking to Australia's TV Week, Jo actor Maddison Brown said: "Jo is honest with Tane about how she is feeling, and it comes from a place of trying to be real rather than pretending everything is fine. But Tane takes that honesty as rejection.

Jo is trying to hold space for something quite complex, whereas Tane sees it in a much more all or nothing way, and unfortunately that leads him to push her away instead of working through it with her."

She continued: "Tane cannot move past Jo's moment of doubt. He has been through something incredibly traumatic and is in a place where he needs unwavering support, so when Jo for the first time in all this has a very human moment, he takes it quite personally."

Lacey Miller tries to encourage Jo to return to the hospital and convince Tane that their relationship can work, but she's not sure if she can salvage things.

Mackenzie Booth decides to stick her foot in and tell Tane he's being an idiot, but Levi Fowler tells her to stop as she's embarrassing him at his place of work.

Jo isn't the only person Tane wants to push away, as he denies Mali Hudson and John Palmer's request to re-open the gym.

Will anyone be able to get through to him?

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Hollyoaks sets up emotional village exit as Diane story takes worrying turn

 The fan-favourite character's days are sadly numbered.

Hollyoaks has set up an emotional exit from the village as Diane Hutchinson's storyline, which has seen her be diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, takes another worrying turn following this week's scenes.

Earlier this week, Diane told Nancy Osborne that doctors had given her less time to live than she initially thought. Later on, she was struck with overwhelming pain in the bath and had to be helped out by her family, and has also been coughing up blood.

In upcoming scenes on the Channel 4 soap, Diane will tell Tony that they need to let Eva know exactly what is going on. The couple also consider telling Diane's former stepchildren Sinead and Finn O'Connor, who were last seen on the soap in 2019.

Tony suggests that they inform them personally, and convinces her that it could double as a chance to make some final memories with a holiday. Diane reluctantly agrees, though she fears that a trip could be too much for her given her current condition.

Tony later arrives with a wheelchair for Diane to use on the holiday, while she struggles to enjoy her time with Eva. Ro later finds his mum packing and immediately starts to worry, but she insists that it's just for a surprise family holiday that she's planning with Tony.

The teenager airs his concerns and worries that it's too much for Diane to take on at this present time. Torn between the words of her husband and son, will Diane decide to stay at home or take a trip?

Coronation Street star names most dangerous Megan death suspect

 Will an ongoing feud end in disaster?

Coronation Street star Beth Nixon has named Maggie Driscoll as the most dangerous suspect in the line-up for Megan Walsh's potential death. Beth's character Megan is one of five characters who could be killed off this week – and her story will be showcased in a big episode on Thursday night (30 April).

The next visit to Weatherfield sees Megan face a series of showdowns, as she remains a hate figure on the cobbles following her grooming of teenage boy Will Driscoll.

Unsurprisingly, it's Will's grandmother Maggie who might be willing to push things too far – after all, she has killed before…

Speaking about the storyline, Beth laughed: "I'm scared of Maggie myself! Out of all the characters, I think Maggie is probably the one that Megan would be most scared of.

She ends up getting a few secrets of Maggie's. Megan knows what she's capable of, so Maggie does get to her a little bit. But I think Megan has such a high opinion of herself that she just thinks that she can outsmart Maggie.

If anything, even if she goes head-to-head with her, then that makes Maggie look bad as well. She'd just use that again as ammunition. But I think she probably is a little bit scared – quaking in her boots a little bit."

Thursday's episode also sees Eva Price, Leanne Battersby and Toyah Battersby team up to force a confession out of Megan. But when they frogmarch her into the salon flat and things turn violent, are the trio out of their depth?

Beth continued: "They're not natural kidnappers – they don't know what they're doing. They're like: 'Don't get blood on me!' Eva's in her pink clothes and her heels, dragging her down the street, clippy clopping her heels. She just thinks: 'What are you going to do, seriously?'

"Then Toyah hits her, but Megan goes: 'Right, I've got you now. You've assaulted me. I haven't touched you'. Because she's clever – she doesn't attack anyone. She just lets them do it to her. She winds them up because then she can use that as ammunition."

Of course, there's also a chance that Megan may survive the week, since Maggie, Carl Webster, Jodie Ramsey and Theo Silverton are also in the firing line. With so many twists and turns ahead, anything is possible.

Asked about being involved in the big murder mystery week, Beth replied: "It's crazy. This is my first TV job, so this is all completely new to me. When I watched the promo trailer for the week, it looks like I'm in a movie!

"It's just amazing – I've had so much fun with it. It's honestly one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had."