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According to media sources, the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks has a daring plot under development for the late summer. Allegedly, one of the cast is to have an ongoing relationship after meeting an alien (called Kevin!) and the audience must guess whether ‘he’ really is from another planet… or just Manchester. The soap’s viewing figures have been falling like space junk recently, and you might be forgiven for agreeing that this concept might be a step too far even in this fictional Chester suburb. However, the cast member involved is a UFO buff, so perhaps ‘real’ ufology is the inspir­ation.