Shona McGarty plays Whitney Dean in EastEnders

EastEnders star Shona McGarty has been suspended from the soap for four weeks. 

The actress, 20, who plays Whitney Dean, upset bosses by not arriving on time for work.

'Shona has been suspended for repeatedly being late,' an EastEnders spokesperson tells the Daily Star Sunday.

Meanwhile, Danielle Harold, 20, will act out a 'live birth' in scenes to air next week.

Her pregnant character Lola Pearce will be seen going into labour in the special episode.

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