The 43-year-old actress Nina Wadia has quit 'EastEnders' and will film exit scenes as Zainab Masood - who she has played since 2007 - in the coming weeks, but her character is not expected to be killed off.

A US woman who was arrested after her four-year-old son was struck and killed by a van as they were walking across a busy street has been spared a prison sentence following an outcry over her prosecution.