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EastEnders star breaks ankle

Barbara Windsor has broken her ankle in a fall, confirms her manager.

The EastEnders star slipped on her stairs in her London home, fracturing her ankle in two places, according to Barry Burnett.

The 66-year-old underwent surgery today and is expected to be in hospital for a "couple more days yet".

The accident caps off a bad year for the former Carry On star, who has been suffering from a rare virus.

She was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus in March but is now recovering well, according to Mr Burnett.

Submitted by admin on 6 October 2003 - 9:18am

27 February 2002

Costa del Silly. That would have been an apropos title for the EastEnders sequence that has just aired here in the U.S. I have no problems with sending the denizens of Albert Square to places other than the EastEnd; after all, people do travel, & when properly done, location shooting can help propel a plot. Good examples of this in the past on EastEnders include the very first location story in Venice, which featured Den & Angie Watts. They went to Venice in a vain attempt to repair their marriage & because Den believed Angie to have only 6 months left to live.

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Submitted by admin on 27 February 2002 - 1:00am

20 February 2002

In view of the current Olympic coverage, I thought it might be nice to award the residents of Walford (past and present) some medals of their own. So, without further ado…

For Non-Stop Whinging: no contest here, Lisa Shaw gets the gold; in previous years, Gita Kapoor & Bianca Butcher both worked this area, but neither ever achieved the truly staggering heights of Lisa Shaw. So, no Silver or Bronze awarded in this category!

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Submitted by admin on 20 February 2002 - 1:00am