![\"Elaine](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/523418-a92a.jpg\")
\n\t\tMore changes! (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tMore changes! (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n
EastEnders<\/a>\u2019 Elaine Peacock<\/a> (Harriet Thorpe<\/a>) may no longer be the landlady of The Vic, but she\u2019s back behind a bar with the most unlikely of partners next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n Forthcoming scenes on the BBC soap will see Elaine offered a new job by none other than her sworn enemy Cindy Beale<\/a> (Michelle Collins<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, you read that correctly.\u00a0<\/p>\n The shock offer is set to come as Elaine begins to struggle after she and daughter Linda Carter<\/a> (Kellie Bright<\/a>) sold off the Vic<\/a> to Kat Moon<\/a> (Jessie Wallace<\/a>) earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t As she pops in her former home for a drink, Elaine confides in her friend Yolande Trueman<\/a> (Angela Wynter<\/a>) that she misses the boozer during an emotional heart-to-heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n Shortly afterwards, her prayers appear to be answered when she finds herself behind the bar of The Albert.\u00a0<\/p>\n Elaine joins forces with Cindy, who has been struggling with staffing since the departure of Felix Baker (Matthew James Morrison)<\/a> last month, during a busy night of service.<\/p>\n Grateful for Elaine\u2019s help, Cindy stuns her by offering her the job of co-manager of the place.\u00a0<\/p>\n Will Elaine accept?\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t\t\tFollow Metro Soaps on WhatsApp and get all the latest spoilers first!\t\t\t<\/p>\n Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who\u2019s leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale?<\/p>\n Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro’s WhatsApp Soaps community<\/a> and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews.<\/p>\n Simply\u00a0click on this link<\/a>, select \u2018Join Chat\u2019 and you\u2019re in! Don’t forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we’ve just dropped the latest spoilers! <\/p>\n Elaine has resented Cindy\u2019s presence in the Square since her return from the dead in 2023, as Cindy was still carrying a torch for her ex-husband \u2013 Elaine\u2019s other half, George Knight<\/a> (Colin Salmon<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n But with Elaine currently in the process of divorcing George<\/a>, does Cindy\u2019s offer signal a truce between the two women?\u00a0<\/p>\n Something tells us that there\u2019s going to be fireworks behind the Albert bar\u2026<\/p>\n EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 4 August at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\tComments Arrow Arrow![\"Kat](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753949352_575_SEI_259854765-2760.jpg\")
\n\t\tKat Slater is now the landlady (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n![\"Elaine](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/522320-36dd.jpg\")
\n\t\tElaine and the rest of the Carters no longer live in the pub (Picture: BBC)<\/p>\n
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