Neighbours spoilers: Stranger danger! Can Sonya Rebecchi trust Alice Wells?
Toadie and Sonya's childcare problems appears to be solved when retired nanny Alice Wells offers to help. But can she be trusted?
Toadie and Sonya Rebecchi have been struggling with childcare problems for their daughter Nell and baby Hugo since they returned from a family holiday to America.
But, as luck would have it, Sonya has a chance meeting with a retired nanny Alice Wells while at Harold's with Nell and Hugo.
Sonya is initially hesitant when Alice offers to help look after the children while Sonya focuses on business matters at her garden nursery. But seeing how helpful Alice is with the children, Sonya decides to take a chance and hires Alice.
But little does Sonya know that there's more to the mysterious Alice than meets the eye...
Meanwhile, Chloe Brennan tries to spin a cover story when hotel guest Pierce Greyson catches the Executive Assistant snooping in his room.
But since the pair have been mixing business and pleasure, it's not long before Pierce reveals to Chloe the details of his secret meeting with hotel boss Paul Robinson - Paul is trying to buy Terese Willis out of the hotel!
What will Terese do when she finds out what her ex-lover Paul is up to?
And, over in Ramsay Street, things get mucky for Elly Conway and her boyfriend Mark Brennan involving a rubbish dumpster and a lost charm bracelet!
Neighbours contines weekdays at 1:45pm and 5:30pm on Channel 5
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.