Newt's mum Shelley arrives in Hollyoaks!

Newt's mum Shelley arrives in Hollyoaks!
Newt's mum Shelley arrives in Hollyoaks!

Newt and Rae are shocked by a surprise arrival; Newt's mum Shelley - and Newt's new baby brother! Newt has to leave Rae to fend for herself while he catches up with his mother and gets to know baby Jensen. Newt's delighted to learn Shelley's off the drugs and looking to start again with him. Rae's less happy; now she's got to compete for Newt's attention. Tony rushes into action, helping the woman he just saw hit by a car. She tells him she's called Gabby; and has two children. After she's taken to hospital, Tony finds her mobile phone ringing and ends up meeting her daughter Amber. When her brother Taylor shows up, Amber leaves but Gabby asks Tony to stay with her kids and make sure they're safe. He takes the kids back home only to discover it looks like they've been burgled. Neville falls off a ladder and Suzanne and Rhys have their work cut out running both the pub and looking after him. Darren sees an opportunity and offers to help. He flirts with Suzanne, while Neville is upstairs with his back out. Also; Cindy and Dom bicker over the running of Gnosh. When Dom lets Elliot work as a waiter, Cindy complains that he's not good-looking enough. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.