Overview
- Belinda Owusu has been confirmed to reprise Libby Fox for a short return to Albert Square to support her family during Denise’s illness.
- Denise Fox has been reported to have acute myeloid leukaemia and forthcoming episodes will show her revealing the diagnosis to family and beginning treatment.
- The sisters, Libby and Chelsea, agree to be tested as potential bone marrow donors as Libby tries to persuade Denise to accept medical care.
- Actress Sheila Ruskin is joining the cast as Sheila, Gray Atkins’s grandmother, who offers financial help for Jordan that Chelsea initially accepts and later returns.
- The plot answers a January flash‑forward, raises moral and financial strain for the Fox family over Jordan’s care, and sets up tense scenes across next week’s episodes.