out as homosexual and also reveal that a new storyline was being developed in which the character he played, Ste Hay, would embark on a homosexual relationship with Brendan Brady. The same month also saw a considerable number of cast changes. Popular actress Georgina Hale guested as Blanche Longford and Rachel Doherty joined as Eileen Brady Travis Yates also joined the cast in a regular role of Arlo Davenport. Irish actor Drew Dillon also joined the cast. Charlotte Lau played by Amy Yamazaki was unexpectedly written out, after her departure the serial confirmed her final scenes had already aired. Beth Kingston was also revealed to depart as India Longford and short term regular Jem Costello was confirmed to depart after Helen Russel-Clarke finished filming at the end of her contract. On-screen Cindy also left whilst Waring was already on maternity leave. That month another storyline was unveiled which saw Hollyoaks, team up with Channel 4 Education's Battlefront, to explore an underage sex storyline involving twelve-year-old characters Finn O'Connor and Amber Sharpe, which would lead to Amber's pregnancy. Explaining the storyline, Paul Marquess said: "Hollyoaks has long been credited for tackling difficult issues that affect young people in a sensitive and intelligent way [...] there will be no fairytale ending for Amber; she is faced with the most difficult situation she could ever imagine." In September 2010 it was announced that actor Darren Day had been cast as new character Danny Houston, described as a gangster who would "spell trouble for Jacqui". On 23 October 2010 Hollyoaks celebrated 15 years of broadcasting, Digital Spy wished them happy birthday, as did The Guardian. It was later announced that Marquess was implenting a dramatic fire plot which would kill of a host of characters. Channel 4 promoted the storyline with a trailer broadcast during October 2010 to advertise the show's "fire week", and it was revealed that episodes would feature different characters in each episode set around the events of Guy Fawkes Night, in which an arsonist would set fire to Il Gnosh. India was killed off in a storyline highlighting the dangers of online dating. Marquess then decided to rewrite previous storyline and bring back character Warren Fox from the dead. Mandy was also reintroduced after Dunn agreed to return. Marquess was also unhappy with the quality of the episodes so began to refilm certain episodes just before they were due to