ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND MELTDOWN...: We're not really buying the story that ITV bosses are refusing to let Tina O'Brien, Nikki sanderson and Lucy Jo-Hudson release their cover of Lady Marmalade.



Apparently, we're meant to believe that there are strict rules about cast members having "outside interests" beyond the soap which means the single cannot be released. Before anyone plays into Granada's hands and starts a popular campaign, maybe we should just ponder exactly how that fitted in with, say, Bill Tarmey's album getting released? Or, indeed, exactly how such a strict rule would have let them do the original performance on the godforsaken DiscoMania show in the first place?