Love and..MARRIAGE?

Paddy proposes to Mandy. Will she forgive his betrayal and become Mrs Kirk?

- ALISON SLADE

Twenty-five years after Mandy and Paddy got hitched, could the soap soulmates be taking another trip down the aisle? The stars are aligned this week for a fairy-tale proposal in which Mandy is Cinderella and Pads is her Prince Charming.

Like any soap fairy tale, a happy ending can't come without a ton of jeopardy first. Paddy has ticked this box nicely by making a pass at ex-wife Chas; a betrayal that is all the more painful for Mandy considering that it was Chas, not Paddy, who pulled away.

'Paddy has a lot of work to do to dig himself out of this massive hole,' says Lisa Riley, who plays Mandy.