High-octane scenes await in the soaps this week, as confirmed in our new spoilers, with emotions aplenty as a number of our serial drama favourites’ lives are left hanging in the balance.

EastEnders matriarch Elaine Peacock collapses not once but twice during what proves to be a very stressful week for her while Emmerdale’s Paddy Kirk is rushed to hospital after a devastating attack.

Over in Hollyoaks, Lucas Hay’s world is turned upside down when he finds beloved boyfriend Dillon Ray cheating on him and, speaking of cheating, Coronation Street’s Kevin Webster is set to make quite a discovery himself.

Neighbours, meanwhile, sees Aaron Brennan left with a choice to make as his love triangle wages on.

For a more detailed look at what this week in soap has to offer, we’ve got 25 fresh spoilers for you to work your way through, so let the reading commence!

EastEnders

1. Following Linda’s decision to sell The Vic, Elaine believes she’s plotting against her with George. Things take a turn for the worse when she collapses – not once, but twice.

2. Vicki has to think quick when Sharon decides she’s evicting her. When she realises Bernie has been stealing from the Panesars, she blackmails her. Bernie turns the tables and frames Vicki – with Ravi luring her into a trap.

3. Stacey returns and it’s not long before Kat’s suspicions are piqued over Alfie’s whereabouts. When it becomes obvious she’s being lied to, Kat calls Spencer and learns that Alfie isn’t in Australia.

4. Following some advice from Kathy, Lauren and Peter make amends. He’s chuffed to wake up beside her the next day – but Lauren is concerned that her kiss with Zack will ruin everything. Luckily, he promises to stay quiet.

5. Joel entwines Tommy into his latest scheme when they steal vapes from the Minute Mart. Kat realises what a bad influence Joel is being on her son and confronts Ross and Vicki.

Emmerdale

6. Bear saves Paddy when he is attacked by a dog on Celia’s farm. Mandy’s shocked when Bear tears strips off his son, who is deeply hurt after hailing his dad as a ‘hero’. Later, their relationship seems to be beyond repair when Paddy orders him to leave the family home.

7. Lewis is glad when Ross decides to go along with his plan to sort the weed – but unbeknownst to them, Mack has already decided to sell to a dealer. When the drugs go missing, Ross thinks he knows the culprit, but it seems like Mack is telling the truth and he didn’t sell to Ray.

8. Sarah makes a breakthrough with Cain when she tells him that Tracy barring them from Nate’s funeral means they can give him a proper Dingle send-off instead.

9. Vinny is nervous when Gabby prepares invites for their engagement party, knowing that she’s writing one for Kammy. Awkward!

Coronation Street

10. Todd convinces Millie to come clean to Theo about her pregnancy, coming up with a plan for her to take another test and claim the first one was a false positive. Will she drop him in it?

11. Kevin clocks a message on Abi’s phone from Carl, stating that he’d like to get to know her better. When he arrives at work, she shows him a dodgy job on a car that Carl has been working on. He checks the CCTV, and is shocked to see her meddling with it. Later, he heads to the hospital for his results. Will he get good news?

12. Dee-Dee and James are at loggerheads over whether Laila should be baptised. Billy says he can’t do the ceremony without his permission, but she still charges ahead with her choice by asking Alya to be godmother.

13. Cassie, Steve, Tim and Sally go for lunch at Speed Daal, with the women throwing barbed remarks across the table. The couple begin to warm to Cassie, who Steve thinks he’s falling head over heels for.

14. It’s Liam’s birthday and as Maria and Kirk hand over his presents, they’re all confused as to where Gary could’ve got to. In a hospital bed, he lies unconscious, before taking a rapid turn for the worse.

15. Brody is adamant that his mum is dead to him. Bernie drags Lou around to No. 7 and implores the two to get back onto the right track.