BETH QUITS BILL (29/3/04)

From The Sun.

PC Kerry YoungBILL babe Beth Cordingly has stunned bosses by quitting — just like her co-star lover Daniel Macpherson.

Beth, 26, broke the news last week as they were still reeling at losing Aussie hunk Daniel.

But she has been promised a sensational exit after nearly two years as WPC Kerry Young.

An insider said: “Beth’s loved her time on the show and is on a high.

“But she thought it was time to move on — she wants to do some theatre, try film and do more TV.

“And she’s thrilled they have given her such fantastic stuff to go out on.”

Viewers will see Kerry try to stop a suicide bomber detonating his device in the next few weeks.

She is also in a date-rape plot, suspecting Sgt. Dale Smith drugged and attacked her. But her final storyline — to be filmed in the summer — will be a big secret.

Kerry Young...will anyone be sad to see her go?Daniel’s last scenes as PC Cameron Tait will go out in May.

The ex-Neighbours star, 23, wants to break into movies in Australia.

He and Beth — whose characters shared a saucy shower last month — recently reunited after a brief split.

But the source insisted: “Beth’s leaving has nothing to do with Dan’s decision to go. They are still very much together but she is not planning to go to Australia. She wants to work here.”

Meanwhile, bosses are bringing two old faces back to Sun Hill.

Former Page 3 girl Linda Lusardi, 45, will return as Maggie Lyons after bent cop boyfriend Don Beech — actor Billy Murray, 57 — reappears.