Ste tries to leave Daniel and Abi's

Ste tries to leave Daniel and Abi's
Ste tries to leave Daniel and Abi's

Ste feels that he's in the way at Abi and Daniel's, especially after Lucas throws up on Daniel's laptop and he makes plans to move out. Daniel panics when Ste talks Gilly into letting him have his old place back at the flat and he forces Gilly to change his mind. Daniel and Abi are relieved when Ste is forced to ask them if he can stay. Calvin gets a job as a security guard to appease a nagging Leo. Calvin leaves Leo to baby-sit Spencer but Spencer does a runner and turns up at Calvin's work. Calvin feels guilty about leaving Spencer in Leo's care and quits his job. Spencer is delighted that he gets to spend more time with his friend but Leo worries about how the family will cope for money. Loretta doesn't want to make a fuss about her accident at the club and concentrates on her plans to get a new car. Darren and Hannah go to the hospital with Loretta to get her injuries checked over and later head to MOBS. Loretta is gutted when the pole-dancing club suggests that she takes a break from work and she rips up her car brochure. VIDEO: Click here for Hollyoaks preview clips and backstage gossip Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, 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.