Leila leaves Hollyoaks

Leila leaves Hollyoaks
Leila leaves Hollyoaks

Anita and Ravi piece together Leila's broken sculpture to take to the exhibition. She's speechless when they arrive and the artist offers her the job in Paris and they're leaving tonight. Leila's insists she can't leave and Anita realises Elliot's the reason. Leila and Elliot admit they still love each other as a heartbroken Leila leaves. Malachy's angry when Mercedes turns down his surprise because Calvin's asked her to work. Malachy, Calvin and Jake set up their poker game at the Valentines' but there's tension between Malachy and Calvin. After spending the evening with Malachy, Calvin feels guilty when Mercedes ends their affair. Cheryl's moved back into the Valentines' after finishing with Gilly. She and Lauren hit the town when Calvin chucks them out of the house for his lads' night. But Lauren's refused entry to all the bars so they head back to The Loft. Sasha realises she hasn't been a very good sister to Lauren recently and promises they'll do something together. Also; Kathleen feigns a migraine to avoid having to do anything at the McQueens' but panics when Theresa offers to stay and look after her. Theresa arrives home with some lunch for her mum but she's upset when she's not there. Jacqui's furious when Kathleen turns up drunk. 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.