It was Luke who rapped Nikki not Matt (I'm talking Brookside here, not Bros

) Matt Mussgrove migrated to Hollyoaks.
Sinbad left Brookside around 2000 after being accused of child abuse by the jealous son of a girl friend. The accusation was false but he was so upset that all the neighbours didn't believe him that he left. This was due to Michael Starke wanting to leave.
In fact the original script was for Sinbad to be found guilty and sent to jail but Michael was so upset at how the scriptwriters could treat his character after 16 years that he made them change the script.
(well that's what he said in a This Morning interview when he left)
I noticed Chesney's voice as well, guess he's at that voice dropping age. Apparently he's going to be the 'teenager from hell'

(where's a yawning emoticon when you need one?)
how boring, they did that with Nicky, David, Rosie, Tracey and probably every adolecent they've had on the programme in the last 47 years.
let me guess, in 2017 Josh Peacock becomes a teenager from hell and and give Amy Barlow a quick snog whilst going out with Bethany