EastEnders' Dotty Cotton to confront Bernie Taylor over secret

Dotty Cotton is set to confront Bernie Taylor over a secret she's holding in new scenes on EastEnders.

At the beginning of next week, Dotty will be left less than impressed when Bernie decides to take her to a chess club.

Yet Bernie is taken aback somewhat when she sees that Dotty is better at the game than she expected, and ends up winning some money. Dotty then takes Bernie to The Queen Vic to celebrate her success.

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While in the pub, Dotty sees an exchange between Bernie and Gareth from the chess club, and is left annoyed when Bernie doesn't reveal what they had been discussing. However, she eventually decides to come clean.

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Bernie recently returned to Albert Square after agreeing to be a surrogate for Rainie and Stuart Highway, and despite initial doubts over handing over the baby, she eventually decided to give it to them.

Speaking about Bernie's future after the storyline to Digital Spy last month, actress Clair Norris said: "It's going to be hard I think, no matter what. Even if the baby wasn't growing up across the Square, I think it would still be hard for her – she's spent nine months with this baby growing inside her.

"She's kept that in mind throughout, though, and she believes she's detached from the baby. You see different sides of Bernie and how she tries to suppress those feelings and try to move on."

EastEnders airs these scenes on Monday, May 1 at 7.30pm on BBC One.