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"EastEnders has axed four of the soap&amp;#039;s characters. Kirsty Branning (Kierston Wareing), AJ Ahmed (Phaldut Sharma), Carl White (Daniel Coonan) and Poppy Meadow (Rachel Bright) will all depart Albert Square in the New Year.   The show&amp;#039;s new boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins is determined to get EastEnders back to its best, The Sun reports. He recently cast Terry Alderton as Terry Spraggan, Bianca Butcher&amp;#039;s new boyfriend, and ex-Holby City star Luisa Bradshaw-White as Shirley Carter&amp;#039;s sister Tina. The four exiting stars will shoot their final scenes before Christmas.   A soap spokesperson said: &amp;quot;We can confirm these actors will be leaving EastEnders. We wish them all the best.&amp;quot; Kirsty Branning actress Kierston Wareing recently told Digital Spy that she doesn&amp;#039;t plan to stay on the show for too long. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d like to do other projects. It&amp;#039;d be nice to be in the show, come out, go back in there and come out - I don&amp;#039;t know if they&amp;#039;re going to allow that, but that&amp;#039;d be my ideal situation,&amp;quot; she said. Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below to watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal gossip on Nick&amp;#039;s recovery in Coronation Street, more worry for Ronnie in EastEnders, a sad marriage crisis in Emmerdale and big dramas for Ste in Hollyoaks.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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