EastEnders has shared devastating news in Nigel Bates' return storyline, in the show’s latest episode, as he shares a serious health diagnosis with Yolande.

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Nigel Bates's storyline in EastEnders will show the realities of life with young onset dementia, executive producer Chris Clenshaw has revealed. The BBC One soap aired the revelation from Nigel that he was suffering from dementia in Wednesday’s episode as he opened up to Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter).

EastEnders appeared to confirm another past character could reappear onscreen following Nigel Bates' own return to the BBC soap, with the former appearing in the credits on Monday

EastEnders is set to explore young onset dementia when Nigel Bates admits his health issues to his friend Yolande Trueman in tonight's episode of the BBC soap.

EastEnders has finally revealed the secret being harboured by Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley). The BBC One soap aired the classic character’s return last month on Christmas Eve in what was later confirmed by show boss Chris Clenshaw to be for a “long stint”.

EastEnders’ executive producer Chris Clenshaw has spoken out about Nigel Bates’ tragic dementia storyline for the first time.

Explaining to Yolande that doctors didn’t know how quickly his symptoms would develop, he heartbreakingly said he’d wanted to protect Julie to stop her from having to watch hi

EastEnders star Paul Bradley, who plays Nigel Bates, has begun a new storyline where he reveals he has been diagnosed with young onset dementia.

Nigel Bates will be at the centre of the action in EastEnders next week as he comes clean about his health, but what do we know about the actor who plays him?