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Catch up with the latest storylines on Yahoo! Soap Diary

London, Thursday 4th January 2001 In case you missed your favourite TV soap last night, or if you just want to see what’s going on at a glance, down the Street or in the Square, you can now access the Yahoo! Soap Diary which lists the latest news and happenings from all the shows.

So, whether your favourite soap is Brookside, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Home and Away or Neighbours, you can catch up with any of them and their latest storylines on Yahoo! Soap Diary.

Plus you can catch up with all the latest soap gossip from your favourite characters – from the fiasco of the Coronation Street cobbles to Dot’s spell behind bars on Eastenders – be the first amongst your friends with all the latest gossip, care of Yahoo! Soap Gossip.

If you are in a rush, simply click onto Yahoo! Soaps and check out the ‘pick of the day’ for the hottest storyline of the moment.

These two great products are part of the Yahoo! TV Guide which also includes TV Listings and information on what’s on TV this evening.

“Yahoo Soaps is a quick and easy way to catch up on the latest storylines and gossip from all your favourite soaps” said John Webb, Product Manager of Yahoo! UK and Ireland. “It is now possible to share a juicy piece of gossip with a friend by simply emailing it to them or even join a Yahoo! Club or a Yahoo! Chat to chat about it with people who are as big a fan as you are!”

Please visit www.yahoo.co.uk/soaps

  • Coronation Street is the world’s longest running TV soap, celebrating the show’s 40th Anniversary in 2000
  • It also attracts the UK’s largest audience with an average 15M viewers per episode1

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About Yahoo! Soaps:

Yahoo! Soaps is part of Yahoo!’s comprehensive suite of News and Information services available across Yahoo!’s global network of properties. From the latest news, finance and sport to an online TV Guide, horoscopes and weather forecast, the service aims to give users all the information they need in a centralised online location with aggregated content from the leading national and international news providers.

Yahoo! Soap Diary lists the latest news, events and storylines from all the soaps. Plus you can catch up with all the latest soap gossip on your favourite characters care of Yahoo! Soap Gossip.

These two great products are part of the Yahoo! TV Guide which also includes TV listings and information about what’s on this evening.

If you are in a rush, simply click onto Yahoo! Soaps and check out the ‘pick of the day’ for the hottest storyline of the moment.

About Yahoo! UK & Ireland:

Yahoo! UK & Ireland provides commerce, communication and media services to meet the needs of local consumers. This includes world leading communication services such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mobile; community products such as Yahoo! Clubs and Yahoo! Geocities; rich content such as Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sport and commerce services such as Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions.

Yahoo.co.uk is the most popular and most visited website in the UK & Ireland, generating over 411 million pageviews in October 2000 (ABC Electronic).

Yahoo! UK & Ireland is part of Yahoo! Inc, Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 166 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognised brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including audio and video streaming, store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 23 local World properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Yahoo! is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

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