Waterloo Road’s Liam Scholes has been in hospital after getting attacked by a monkey.

The actor, who has also appeared in Coronation Street, currently portrays Noel McManus in the BBC One school based drama.

Liam has been away from filming recently on holiday, but what should’ve been a perfect opportunity to switch off turned into somewhat of a nightmare, as he was rushed to hospital after nearly getting ‘killed by a monkey in the desert’.

The actor took to Instagram to update his followers about the development, sharing a picture of him in hospital with an IV drip on his hand.

‘When you nearly get killed by a monkey in the desert’, he wrote alongside.

‘Game is over wait for the reel guys…just you wait’.

Liam is yet to update fans completely about what exactly happened with the monkey. Despite the fact his holiday took a turn, he’s definitely coming back home with quite the memorable story to tell!

Prior to getting cast in Waterloo Road, Liam played Eli in ITV soap Coronation Street, who was a friend of Corey Brent (Maximus Evans), the young man who killed Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni).

Liam, who was previously in a relationship with Corrie’s Elle Mulvaney, began portraying Noel in Waterloo Road in 2023.

The character works as a kitchen assistant apprentice at the school, and is also Stace Neville’s (Tillie Amartey) fiancé.

In the latest series of the show, we were introduced to Noel’s grandma Mo, played by Coronation Street’s Denise Black.

Mo was somewhat of a liability and had the school kids renovate her community centre without permission from the council.

We also saw a powerful storyline air that highlighted the importance of food allergy awareness.

After Hope Drake (Savannah Kunyo) caught Darius Donovan (Jon Richardson) in a compromising position, he knocked some cakes off the table. He put them back, but failed to take note of the fact the dairy and non-dairy options had been mixed up.

Hope consumed one of the dairy based cakes and as a result of her severe allergy, she experienced an anaphylactic shock and died.

Waterloo Road has worked with The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation for this storyline, to ensure it was reflective of the issues of food allergy management in schools, and the fatal risks of anaphylaxis.

Cameron Roache, Founder of Rope Ladder Fiction and Executive Producer of Waterloo Road said:

‘We’re so grateful for the support and guidance from the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation as we wrote the storylines around raising awareness of food allergies in the school environment.