Another baby plot for 'EastEnders'

EastEnders' teen tearaway Lucy Beale makes the shock discovery that she's pregnant in the coming months, it has emerged.

Lucy, played by 17-year-old Melissa Suffield, learns the news several weeks after a number of encounters with Walford newcomer Leon (Sam Attwater).

The discovery sends shockwaves through the Beale family, causing problems with stepmother Jane (Laurie Brett) - who's desperate to adopt or foster a baby - and proud father Ian (Adam Woodyatt).

An Albert Square insider said: "Lucy's run rings around her father Ian and stepmum Jane for years.

"Lucy falls pregnant just at a time when Jane's desperate for a child of her own. Jane believes that the baby could be the solution to her dream of having a baby with Ian."

They added: "Emotions are set to run high for all the Beale family over the next few months and there will be many twists and turns ahead."

An EastEnders spokesperson, however, told DS: "We do not like to comment on future storylines as we would not want to spoil anything for the audience."

Lucy's pregnancy is the latest in a long list of recent baby plots. Zainab fell pregnant in August, while Heather's 'Who's The Daddy?' plot reached its climax in October.

Ronnie lost her unborn baby at Christmas after a run-in with her late father Archie, while Stacey revealed on Christmas Day that she became pregnant after Archie apparently raped her earlier in the year.