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Sharon Sells Boxing Den to Max; Cheats, Denise Fails Chemo

7/7/2026

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Sharon Sells

Sharon Watts returns to Albert Square and says she will sell her share of The Boxing Den.
Denise Fox returns home from hospital, learns chemotherapy failed, and must undergo another round.
Max Branning becomes the buyer for Sharon’s share of The Boxing Den and later sleeps with Priya Nandra-Hart despite her threats to expose the affair.

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Vicki Confronts Joel

Charlie Brooks hints Janine Butcher will return to EastEnders.
Vicki Fowler returns from her honeymoon to discover her stepson Joel Marshall has resurfaced.
Cleo says she does not want Joel back in Albert Square.
Sharon Watts comforts Vicki at the café after the unsettling encounter.
Avani Nandra-Hart and Amy Mitchell confront Vicki, accusing her of allowing Joel to return, after the storyline revealed Joel previously left Vicki for dead.

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Sharon Sells

Sharon Watts returns to Albert Square and says she will sell her share of The Boxing Den.
Denise Fox returns home from hospital, learns chemotherapy failed, and must undergo another round.
Max Branning becomes the buyer for Sharon’s share of The Boxing Den and later sleeps with Priya Nandra-Hart despite her threats to expose the affair.

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