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Nicola’s world is turned upside down when her sisters, Gemma and Jodie, arrive on Albert Square with a bang. With Gemma’s son Ryder, in tow, they manage to convince a reluctant Nicola to let them stay but she has one condition, her estranged mother, Rose, stays away. But her ultimatum is short lived when Ned, Gemma’s husband rocks up with Rose – the Hawkins have arrived.
Refusing to let them stay at her house, Nicola forces Gemma and Ned to find other arrangements, while Harry offers Ryder and Jodie a place to stay, he urges his mum to sort things out with Rose.
Meanwhile, Ned tries to smooth things over with Kat about the commotion the family caused when they arrived, but he’s soon surprised to see an old friend, Alfie,
Later, Nicola is horrified to find the family gathered in The Vic and even more shocked when she learns Alfie has offered Gemma and Ned a place to stay.
Cast
- Aaliyah James as Avani Nandra-Hart
- Aaron Thiara as Ravi Gulati
- Alice Haig as Vicki Fowler
- Anna Constable as Jodie Hawkins
- Charlie Suff as Johnny Carter
- Colin Salmon as George Knight
- Elijah Holloway as Harry Mitchell
- Felix Uff as Ryder Hawkins
- Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
- Harriet Thorpe as Elaine Peacock
- Jaden Ladega as Denzel Danes
- James Farrar as Zack Hudson
- Jamie Bamber as Ned Hawkins
- Jessie Wallace as Kat Slater
- Juhaim Rasul Choudhury as Davinder ‘Nugget’ Gulati
- Kellie Bright as Linda Carter
- Kitty Castledine as Penny Branning
- Laura Doddington as Nicola Mitchell
- Lewis Bridgeman as Barney Mitchell
- Marian McLoughlin as Rose Hawkins
- Michelle Collins as Cindy Beale
- Patricia Potter as Gemma Hawkins
- Shane Richie as Alfie Moon
- Sophie Khan Levy as Priya Nandra-Hart
- Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Fox