Hope Stape

Hope Stape is the baby daughter of John and Fiz Stape. She was born three months early on 6th December 2010, after Fiz fell and was knocked unconscious when an explosion caused a tram to derail and crash onto the street. The character was created to lighten the situation surrounding the December 2010 tram crash and to provide "Hope" for the other characters involved in the storyline. She was in an incubator for a while after her birth, and her parents were allowed to hold her for the first time on 10th January 2011.

Fiz goes into labour after being thrown to the ground as a result of the tram crash. She gives birth to a daughter three months early in the hospital. Following the birth, the baby is placed in an incubator and Fiz names her Hope. On 13 December 2010, Fiz learns that Hope will need a transfusion to fight off an infection, due to her weak immune system. On 31 January 2011, it is revealed Hope has got a hole in the heart leading to many people in the street to help raise money including the Websters who don't particularly like Fiz, Chesney and especially John and in total raise £100

Hope came home on the 10th March 2011

3 June 2011, John then suffers a mental illness and kidnaps Hope when Fiz is rushed to hospital after a road accident, after trying to chase John to get Hope back. Fiz realises that Hope is in danger and catches John up to the roof. He eventually hands Hope back to Fiz, before falling off the roof to the ground. It is speculated that he survived the fall.