EastEnders iconic business at risk as residents are floored at shock development – and there’s a familiar face behind it

WALFORD residents face a crisis as the market and Square Gardens are potentially being abolished.

Martin Fowler, Honey Mitchell and Billy Mitchell hold a crisis meeting in The Vic pub next week in EastEnders.

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The iconic market is threatened to be abolished[/caption]

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Junior Knight will lead the new development, sending shockwaves through the square[/caption]

They gather all the market traders and they discuss the possibility of the abolishment of the market and the Square Gardens.

Ian is summoned, and reveals the councils plans to transform the land.

Things soon escalate when the punters learn that Junior Knight has been given the prospective contract for the job.

Meanwhile, Nish starts to grow suspicious of The Six after he overhears a clandestine chat between Kathy and Suki.

He later rumbles the women’s group meet at No.41 where  they try to remember their statements from Christmas. 

Nish is adamant something is awry, but the women insist they have nothing to hide.

Nish insists on travelling with the group to the police station where he and the women are re-interviewed by DCI Arthurs on the events of Christmas.

Later, Nish heads to No.41, convinced Suki is hiding something.

Suki reels as Nish confronts her about the truth.

Suki invites the rest of The Six to No.41 on false pretences on Nish’s orders.

And it’s not long before things escalate as the women learn their secret is no longer safe.

Suki decides to take matters in her own hands and sends the rest of the women home.

But, it soon becomes clear that Nish will not be easily bought.

At No.41, Suki rejects Stacey’s calls as she prepares for the worst – Nish is moving back into No.41.

Most complained about soap storylines

Over the years, all three of the main soaps have featured plots that have had even die-hard fans reaching for their phones and laptops so they can get in touch with Ofcom and complain. Here are just some of the most scandalous…

EastEnders baby theft: 13,400 Ofcom complaints – Back in 2011, EastEnders was flooded with complaints when Ronnie Branning (RIP) swapped her baby for the dead son of Kat Moon. The storyline drew the most number of objections in the soap’s long history and saw it roundly criticised by campaigners – with 13,400 flying in over the course of the storyline. Some viewers called it “distressing” and “horrific” but Ofcom ruled the scenes were not “unduly disturbing”.

Emmerdale dog-napping: 550 Ofcom complaints – Back in 2016, Ross Barton and Charity Dingle came up with a plan to steal a dog and hold it ransom – but viewers didn’t like it one bit. The nation’s pet owners rose up, insisting the storyline would encourage copycats (not to mention copydogs). Complaints over two episodes totalled a staggering 550 and soap writers quickly learnt you don’t mess with animal-lovers.

Coronation Street double murder: 546 Ofcom complaints – Marginally less people complained about a gruesome double murder than objected to a dog-napping plot when Pat Phelan was at the centre of a spate of killings. First he forced Andy Carver to shoot dead Vinny Ashford – and then Pat killed Andy. All the bloodshed back in 2017 proved to be too much for some viewers, who lodged complaints in vast numbers about the “violent scenes”.

Avani has some difficult questions for Nish.

Then Nish summons The Six to meet him in The Vic pub.

But what has he got planned for them?

EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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Suki finally tells Nish the truth[/caption]

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What has Nish got planned for The Six?[/caption]