Hollyoaks spoilers follow.

Hollyoaks bad boy Warren Fox is set to return to the soap again – this time in a different context.

The character bowed out of the soap in 2024, though made a cameo appearance last month as part of a flashback episode that gave an insight into the show’s missing year following a time jump.

It is now being reported by a source in The Sun that star Jamie Lomas will return to the soap again for a brief stint – but rather than a flashback, he will appear in the present day.

The site reports that he will make his comeback later this month, and the circumstances around his comeback are under wraps for now.

Warren fled the country last year following a showdown with Dave Chen-Williams amid the Blue gangster storyline.

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Jamie has played Warren on-and-off for nearly two decades, with his last full-time stint spanning four years.

Last year, the actor welcomed a baby daughter called Bella Nevaeh with his fiancée Jess Bell, the star opening up at the time about his partner’s two-day labour.

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“I just felt a bit helpless. Everyone was rushing around and I was just standing there asking, ‘What can I do?’ I was in awe of Jess,” Jamie recalled to OK! Magazine. “It’s such an emotional thing, though, your daughter being born. I cried for my other kids too.”

He added: “Things have been a little chaotic, as you can imagine, but we’re so happy she’s here. We’ve had a few visitors, including my sister Charley [Webb], it’s been amazing.”

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.

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