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Sharon continues the fine Walford tradition of naming businesses after dead relatives this week, as she opens Boxing Den. Of course, back in the day the same gym was called Basher Jim’s (after Dot’s late hubby, an ex-boxer). It sits just around the corner from Peggy’s (after Phil’s mum), which itself used to be Scarlet (after Johnny Allen’s late daughter), and before that, Angie’s Den (not that Sharon’s a one-trick pony or anything). Meanwhile, the caff was named Kathy’s for so long that the old girl had to take

the hint, raise herself from the dead and reclaim it.

Anyway, having given up the ghost on that permanently deserted gym she’s been running for the last two years, Sharon’s got into bed with Phil to open this new venture, which better reflects the grit of the area. But when the locals gather to toast the endeavour, there’s some surprise entertainment –

and it’s a knockout. Cue young Keanu making a very public declaration of his love for Sharon. Now I’m no prude but Sharon’s nearly 54 and Keanu (left) is 23 – you could fit a whole member of One Direction in that age gap. Still, Keanu throws himself down on one knee (show-off, I could do that too at his age) to pop the question. A shocked Sharon struggles to voice her reply, but her face speaks a thousand words... none of which seems to be ‘Yes’.

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