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Rape victim Carla Connor will be so devastated and disgusted at what happens to her that she attempts to take her own life. Following the violent rape by her fiance Frank after she tells him she won't marry him because she has feelings for Peter Barlow, Frank is locked up but when Peter tells her he can never leave his own wife Leanne to be with Carla, she sinks to a new low...
She downs a coacktail of alcohol and sleeping pills and viewers will be left fearing the worst.
CLICK ON PIC TO READ MORE DETAILS IN THE SUN NEWSPAPER.
The Sun Newspaper titled this piece of news as 'Ken You Tell the Difference?' which we thought was very clever. The look a like waxwork dummies have just been unvieled at Madame Tussauds in Blackpool.
And its great to see Bill Roache enjoying life to the full with his girlfriend Emma Jesson. Weather girl Emma is a great looking girl with a lovely character to match and often works from the same Manchester studios that is also home to the Corrie set and it's reassuring to see that despite being 79 years young Bill still has time to snatch a quick kiss. After the heartbreak of losing his wife Sara in 2009 it's wonderful to see Bill able to get his life back on track and we wish the Corrie LEGEND all the luck in the future.
Sacha Parkinson pictured here on holiday recently showing us exactly what we're going to miss when her character Sian quits Corrie at the end of the year. Another huge mistake by Phil Collinson not to persuade her to stay. In her short time blessing our screens she has made herself a huge hit with the fans and will be sorely missed. We love her and wish her all the best in the future...
Hopefully 4/5 months is a long time and we feel from her regular tweets that its not beyond the bounds of possibilities that a 'mind change' could be on the cards... we hope so!
The arguments rumble on about whether this man is suitable to continue to produce our great show. Phil Collinson has recently launched a massive offensive to try and 'clean up his public image' and defend his time as Corrie supremo. We were the first to criticise his leadership and how he seems obsessed with stopping storyline leaks etc rather than spending his time making sure the soap gave viewers what they wanted.
In many people's eyes he's a 'dead man walking' and rumours persist that he won't last out the year and it gives us no pleasure to agree with the school of thought that thinks it's time for him to be replaced.
Drug wars hit Weatherfield later this summer when Tyrone and Tommy helped by Kirk and Gary spy on a drug dealer in the hope of getting picture evidence of him dealing so that they can blackmail him into putting out the word for other lags to leave off imprisoned Fiz.
Click on the picture above to read the full story in the Sun Newspaper.
Desperate Becky McDonald will try anything to finally become a 'mum' with a babay she can look after as though it was hers. And when imprisoned Fiz asks Roy & Hayley to look after her daughter Hope...
Becky finds herself falling for the tot and plans to kidnap her and leave Weatherfield for good. But the goodness in her surfaces in time and she returns the baby to Roy in time for Hope to be handed over to Fiz to live with her in the prison's mother & baby unit.
The Calm Before the Storm... Here are the last happy scenes that Carla will have for quite a while as fiance Frank surprises her with a new house. Leaving the keys and a bottle of bubbly behind a plantpot Frank takes Carla to the house before announcing he's bought the house for them. But when Carla announces to him on the eve of their wedding that she doesn't love him... the dark side decends and Frank violently rapes her when she admits she has feelings for Peter Barlow.
In hilarious scenes to be screened in August Roy Cropper's mum Sylvia nearly puts the cafe out of business whilst Roy & Hayley are away & she's left in charge. Amongst other profit boosting ideas she starts to charge for salt & pepper & milk etc which goes down like a lead brick with customers and they start to boycot the place. Sylvia will even start charging for the use of the toilets which will see Norris Cole get locked in the loos overnight.
Fun 'n games and a lot of laughs are in store when Tina moves in with Tommy & Tyrone after she tells Dev where to stick his flat when he demands a rent rise so he can move his daughter Amber into the flat over his shop.
Tommy will think her arrival is his big chance to also move her into his bed & decides the way to her heart is through her stomach and swats up on his cooking skills. He even dresses up like Marco Pierre White complete with multi coloured bandana to impress her - BUT... he's too late - because Tina has already fallen for Weatherfield Doctor Matt Carter and is about to embark on a passionate relationship with the Doc leaving devastated Tommy to temporarily put his seduction techniques on the back boiler.
The wondeful and much under-used Julie Carp is to to be seen even more on our screens after she gets back with soul mate and the love of her life Brian who has recently split with his wife. There are plans later in the year for Julie & Brian to open up a greengrocers together which will become a regular set.
Here's a sight that we never thought we see in Corrie. Audrey Roberts all loved up with her cross dressing friend Marc / Marcia played by ex Butterflies star Andrew Hall. These scenes will be shown on television in August when the 'girls' will have been to a function together where Marcia gives a speach and Audrey's so proud that Marc has finally accepted his need to cross dress that it's... back to his place for a night cap! As we've said before we're not sure if we feel comfortable with this whole storyline. However lets give it a chance and see where it runs to. Any storyline with the legend that is the wondeful Sue Nicholls at its heart has got to be worth trusting.
Loveable killer John Stape is set to return to our screens later in the year in dramatic scenes that will see him burst into court during wife Fiz's trial for the murders he himself committed and cough the lot. He'll tell the court that Fiz is completely innocent and Fiz will be totally exonerated.
Except that is for the small matter of her helping him to transport a victims corpse from his grave underneath the knicker factory to a more watery one in the Weatherfield canal. But the judge will take pity on her and decide that her 'time served' on remand will cover that offence and she walks free.
No... this is isn't a young John Cleese copying the Fawlty Tower's legend's funny walk. It's Owen Armstrong kicking in his daughter Izzy's front door after he becomes suspicious of her boyfriend Gary's excuses for Izzy becoming a recluse. Don't panic Gary isn't about to morph into kidnapper John Stape... the misguided ex squaddie is on the verge of a breakdown and is simply being over protective of Izzy by keeping her indoors and out of harms way by keeping her in the house.
Kym Marsh has been dragged into the Ryan Giggs sex scandal. The Corrie mum lives about a mile away from Giggs's mansion and the same distance from the extate agents where Giggs's sister in law Natasha worked. Natasha has already gone on record as admitting that she used the empty houses on her egency's books for her sex trysts with Giggs and Kym's house fits the bill. Kym and 'patner' jamie lomas moved into the house a few days before last Christmas but the house had been empty for a few months before and natasha would have had access to the keys. Because it's a secluded location it would have made the perfect lust nest for their dirty deeds and Kym knows full well that her bedroom. lounge, kitchen... all could have been used by the cheating couple.
Click on Kym's picture to read more in the Daily Star.
And moving swiftly on after her heartbeak of losing her boyfriend and her best friend in one go... Tina will fall into the healing arms of Doctor Matt for a red hot affair.
Click on pic to read full story in the Sun Newspaper
Producer Phil Collins was allegedly left spluttering in anger into his porridge when his 'top secret' exit storyline for Becky McDonald was blown apart recently.
Here at WGHQ... we have to admit to being devastated when we first learned that actress Katherine Kelly would be quitting the cobbles next year but now we can't wait for the dramatic episodes to unfold.
The drama begins after Becky’s husband Steve breaks up with Becky and hooks up with old flame and professional schemer Tracy Barlow, the mother of his daughter Amy. Before long, the perilously fertile Tracy is pregnant – but tragically, she miscarries her unborn baby but doesn't tell Steve. After discovering Becky had a one-night stand with Steve, Tracy provokes her love rival into attacking her – then lies that the assault triggered a miscarriage. Steve wrongly blames Becky for the loss of his child and tells her he wants her out of Weatherfioeld and out of his life for good - boo hoo!
We admit it's purely a jealousy thing, but whilst we just had to put this picture in... we hate it!!! It's not fair, right or proper that The Wanted's Max George is not happy with just being a pop star and a millionaire... he also wants the sexiest girl in the world!!! Grrrr!
Click on pic to read more in The Sun Newspaper
All good things must come to an end! Sacha Parkinson who plays teenage lesbian Sian Powers has decided enoughs enough and has sadly decided to quit the soap at the end of the year.
CLICK ON PIC TO READ THE FULL STORY IN THE PEOPLE NEWSPAPER
Her exit storyline will see her girlfriend Sophie start to have feelings for the returning daughter of Dev... Amber Kalirai played by Nikki Patel and will end their relaionship. Our opinion is that the exit of gorgeous Sacha will leave our show a much much poorer place as we feel that she was terribly under-used and has been given little other storylines apart from just the rather over-egged lesbian story. We wish her all the best in the future and unlike a lot of ex-Corrie cast (with exceptions such as the wondeful Suranne Jones) we think Sacha will have a great television future away from Weatherfield. She'll be sadly missed and 'why oh why' Phil Collinson... did you not fight to keep her???
Brooke Vincent has gone on record as confirming that despite being very much hetro sexual she'll miss snogging co star Sacha Parkinson... so will we!!! Brooke says that when her and Sacha (her best friend in real life) are out 'on the town' all the lads plead with them to kiss each other. BUT... they only agree if they're very very drunk. In that case, here at WGHQ may we invite the girls to our local boozer on any Friday night so a great time could be had by all!!!
Also being axed later this year is the entire Gray family of Chris, Cheryl & son Russ played by Will Thorp, Holly Quin-Ankrah & Finton Flynn. We're a little confused by their axing as they may not be the best characters in Weatherfield... but they're certainly not the worst either.
In particular we feel that Cheryl has a lot lot more to give with plenty of mileage still to be got from her relations with Lloyd and as for young Russ... his limited storylines have given him little chance to rival Simon Barlow as the latest 'Corrie Cutie'. We think the family will be missed a little more than producer Phil Collinson thinks they will be.
Here's a glowing tribute to Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson we recently received from a fan in Canada and with which we couldn't agree more with: "My friend and I recently met Julie and David when they appeared in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I must say they are truly two of the nicest people I have met in a long time. Their appearance on stage was very down to earth and unaffected and it was a pleasure to be part of the audience.
It's the first time I was able to attend any of the Coronation Street Stars appearances in Halifax and I hope there will be future appearances that I will be able to attend. Thanks Roy and Haley for a great night! Shirley Kyte, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada"
Our comment "We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for all the kind comments and messages we receive. We read them all and apologise for not having the space to print them"
Apparently Corrie's move from its city centre home to its new base in Salford Quays is being threatened by the new site's proximity to the airports at Manchester and Barton and the associated noise which could jeopardise outside filming on the newly built cobbles. Also, unless a soluition can be found, the site's closeness to the water of the Quays means that the sound of screeching seagulls and other birds could well become part of our future enjoyment of the show. Tracy & Becky will have competition then!
We hear that Corrie bosses have great plans for actress Catherine Tyldesley in her role as Eva Price. Eva will pop up in Weatherfield at the end of May and move in with her mum Stella (Michelle Collins) who by that time will be installed as the new manageress of the Rovers. fer sassy looks will soon make her popular with some red blooded male characters and we hear that judging on the scenes she has already recorded she's taken to the part like the proverbial duck to water. Bring it on - we think she'll be great!
Apparently Simon Gregson has said that he doesn't want his children to become involved in the acting business because... and I quote "It's full of weirdos!" Looking at your picture Simon we can't imagine where you get that idea from? Maybe Simon's come up with a a cunning plan to make sure he's not being followed by a National Sunday Newspaper like his mate Craig Charles was recently (see Story Below) by donning an equally cunning (although daft looking) disguise to confuse watching jounalists... or it could be that it was just freezing cold in Manchester when Simon turned up for filming recently at the Corrie studios to play his character Steve McDonald and Simon felt he had to wear one of those ridiculous 'unwanted' Christmas presents we all get.
Is it just us here at WGHQ or does anyone else agree that there was something deeply unsettling about Samia Smith splitting with hubby Matthew. Ok we're not privvy to their imtimate personal life but we always thought of Samia as being reassuringly mummsy and as long as she was living in matrimonial harmony then all would be well with the world! Ah well...back to the drawing board.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WEATHERFIELD THIS WEEK:
WHAT'S UP & COMING IN WEATHERFIELD:
Monday 1 August 2011 7:30pm
When Kylie’s cagey about an official sounding call, a suspicious Gail dials 1471. Discovering it was social services she tells David there’s something going on that Kylie doesn’t want him to know about. Calling social services himself, David is stunned to hear they’ve been trying to contact her about plans to put Max up for adoption which will be decided at a hearing tomorrow. Angry, David confronts Kylie.
Amber’s been out all night clubbing with Tommy which doesn’t go unnoticed by Sunita. Amber urges her not to tell Dev and she agrees. But when Amber shows up late for her shift at the shop, will Sunita still keep quiet?
When a burst main causes a flood at Marc’s house, Audrey asks him to stay at hers while the repairs are done. Will he agree?
Elsewhere, having suffered his own share of setbacks, Nick offers a despondent Becky an interview for a job at the Bistro. Steve desperately tries to track down Tracy.
Monday 1 August 2011 8:30pm
David can’t believe Kylie’s so heartless as to not want her own child. But seeing through her front, Gail pushes for the truth. Emotional, Kylie admits she loves Max but she’s only ever let him down. Finding herself comforting Kylie, Gail encourages that her circumstances have changed; she has a home and a husband to support her. Will Kylie change her mind about giving Max up?
Amber’s keen for her dad to know she didn’t sleep with Tommy, she just stayed out late, so she drags him back to the Alahans' to explain. Dev’s still unimpressed and imposes a curfew, claiming if she doesn‘t like it she can go back to university. Petulant, Amber stuns Dev with some news of her own.
Nick offers a flirtatious but professional Becky a waitressing job at the Bistro. Chris is awkward as Maria and Cheryl grow pallier.
Thursday 4 August 2011 7:30pm
As David and Kylie head to the hearing, Becky starts work at the Bistro. She thanks Nick who is sure she’ll vindicate his decision. But when David and Kylie arrive to celebrate, claiming they’ve got a good chance of getting custody of Max, Becky reels. Pushed to the limit by Kylie, will Becky keep her cool? Nick’s supportive and as they share a night cap they compare notes on their lost loves, realising they’re like peas in a pod. But when Nick moves in for a kiss, will Becky respond?
When Dev hits on the idea of moving Amber into the shop flat, he’s unscrupulous as he forces Tina out. With nowhere to go, Tina finds herself accepting a room at Tyrone’s. Arriving home as she moves in, Tommy can’t believe his luck!
Cheryl’s house warming party is going well despite tensions between Chris & Lloyd and Leanne & Stella. But when Chris gets bolshy and starts behaving strangely, he and Maria row.
Audrey debates handing more control of the salon over to Kylie and David so she can enjoy time with Marc.
Friday 5 August 2011 7:30pm
Becky causes a stir when she comes down for breakfast at the Platts’ having spent the night with Nick. Gail can’t believe he’s interested in a girl like Becky but Nick insists they’re two lost souls who’ve made a connection. Steve’s also gob smacked but insists he too is seeing someone new. Desperate to prove two can play at this game, he dusts off his old contacts book and arranges a date with old flame Beth. Will Beth prove to be everything that Steve is looking for?
When Chris takes the morning off work without permission to spend time with Russ, Owen is furious. Maria’s noted he’s behaving strangely but can’t put her finger on what’s wrong. Is Chris hiding something?
Tommy agrees to a meal with Amber but when Tina offers to cook for him to say thanks for letting her move in, he’s torn. Insisting he’ll be there to Tina, he’s forced to rush his date with Amber. Will Tommy be caught out?
Audrey prepares to hand more of the running of the salon to David on but will he agree to go on a management training course?
Friday 5 August 2011 8:30pm As Becky and Steve row over Beth, Nick’s had enough and orders them out. Alone with Becky, he insists he can’t have her blowing up at customers and tells her to go and cool down. Will Becky be able to convince him he is who she wants or is their relationship doomed from the start?
When Chris forgets to pick Liam up from nursery, Maria’s furious. She accuses him of having second thoughts about their relationship but is there more to it?
Keen to get Audrey on side, Kylie advises David not to tell her about some of their more creative visions yet while they first present her with what they know will impress. Will Audrey approve of David’s business plan?
Elsewhere, as Tommy turns on the charm, Tina’s warming to him. But just as they’re about to kiss Amber bursts in. How will Tommy talk his way out of this one?
The Sun Newspaper titled this piece of news as 'Ken You Tell the Difference?' which we thought was very clever. The look a like waxwork dummies have just been unvieled at Madame Tussauds in Blackpool.
And its great to see Bill Roache enjoying life to the full with his girlfriend Emma Jesson. Weather girl Emma is a great looking girl with a lovely character to match and often works from the same Manchester studios that is also home to the Corrie set and it's reassuring to see that despite being 79 years young Bill still has time to snatch a quick kiss. After the heartbreak of losing his wife Sara in 2009 it's wonderful to see Bill able to get his life back on track and we wish the Corrie LEGEND all the luck in the future.
Sacha Parkinson pictured here on holiday recently showing us exactly what we're going to miss when her character Sian quits Corrie at the end of the year. Another huge mistake by Phil Collinson not to persuade her to stay. In her short time blessing our screens she has made herself a huge hit with the fans and will be sorely missed. We love her and wish her all the best in the future... 
The arguments rumble on about whether this man is suitable to continue to produce our great show. Phil Collinson has recently launched a massive offensive to try and 'clean up his public image' and defend his time as Corrie supremo. We were the first to criticise his leadership and how he seems obsessed with stopping storyline leaks etc rather than spending his time making sure the soap gave viewers what they wanted.
Desperate Becky McDonald will try anything to finally become a 'mum' with a babay she can look after as though it was hers. And when imprisoned Fiz asks Roy & Hayley to look after her daughter Hope...
The Calm Before the Storm... Here are the last happy scenes that Carla will have for quite a while as fiance Frank surprises her with a new house. Leaving the keys and a bottle of bubbly behind a plantpot Frank takes Carla to the house before announcing he's bought the house for them. But when Carla announces to him on the eve of their wedding that she doesn't love him... the dark side decends and Frank violently rapes her when she admits she has feelings for Peter Barlow. 
In hilarious scenes to be screened in August Roy Cropper's mum Sylvia nearly puts the cafe out of business whilst Roy & Hayley are away & she's left in charge. Amongst other profit boosting ideas she starts to charge for salt & pepper & milk etc which goes down like a lead brick with customers and they start to boycot the place. Sylvia will even start charging for the use of the toilets which will see Norris Cole get locked in the loos overnight. 
Fun 'n games and a lot of laughs are in store when Tina moves in with Tommy & Tyrone after she tells Dev where to stick his flat when he demands a rent rise so he can move his daughter Amber into the flat over his shop. 
The wondeful and much under-used Julie Carp is to to be seen even more on our screens after she gets back with soul mate and the love of her life Brian who has recently split with his wife. There are plans later in the year for Julie & Brian to open up a greengrocers together which will become a regular set. 
Here's a sight that we never thought we see in Corrie. Audrey Roberts all loved up with her cross dressing friend Marc / Marcia played by ex Butterflies star Andrew Hall. These scenes will be shown on television in August when the 'girls' will have been to a function together where Marcia gives a speach and Audrey's so proud that Marc has finally accepted his need to cross dress that it's... back to his place for a night cap! As we've said before we're not sure if we feel comfortable with this whole storyline. However lets give it a chance and see where it runs to. Any storyline with the legend that is the wondeful Sue Nicholls at its heart has got to be worth trusting. 
Loveable killer John Stape is set to return to our screens later in the year in dramatic scenes that will see him burst into court during wife Fiz's trial for the murders he himself committed and cough the lot. He'll tell the court that Fiz is completely innocent and Fiz will be totally exonerated. 
No... this is isn't a young John Cleese copying the Fawlty Tower's legend's funny walk. It's Owen Armstrong kicking in his daughter Izzy's front door after he becomes suspicious of her boyfriend Gary's excuses for Izzy becoming a recluse. Don't panic Gary isn't about to morph into kidnapper John Stape... the misguided ex squaddie is on the verge of a breakdown and is simply being over protective of Izzy by keeping her indoors and out of harms way by keeping her in the house. 
Producer Phil Collins was allegedly left spluttering in anger into his porridge when his 'top secret' exit storyline for Becky McDonald was blown apart recently.
Brooke Vincent has gone on record as confirming that despite being very much hetro sexual she'll miss snogging co star Sacha Parkinson... so will we!!! Brooke says that when her and Sacha (her best friend in real life) are out 'on the town' all the lads plead with them to kiss each other. BUT... they only agree if they're very very drunk. In that case, here at WGHQ may we invite the girls to our local boozer on any Friday night so a great time could be had by all!!!
Also being axed later this year is the entire Gray family of Chris, Cheryl & son Russ played by Will Thorp, Holly Quin-Ankrah & Finton Flynn. We're a little confused by their axing as they may not be the best characters in Weatherfield... but they're certainly not the worst either.
Here's a glowing tribute to Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson we recently received from a fan in Canada and with which we couldn't agree more with: "My friend and I recently met Julie and David when they appeared in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I must say they are truly two of the nicest people I have met in a long time. Their appearance on stage was very down to earth and unaffected and it was a pleasure to be part of the audience. 
Apparently Corrie's move from its city centre home to its new base in Salford Quays is being threatened by the new site's proximity to the airports at Manchester and Barton and the associated noise which could jeopardise outside filming on the newly built cobbles. Also, unless a soluition can be found, the site's closeness to the water of the Quays means that the sound of screeching seagulls and other birds could well become part of our future enjoyment of the show. Tracy & Becky will have competition then! 
We hear that Corrie bosses have great plans for actress Catherine Tyldesley in her role as Eva Price. Eva will pop up in Weatherfield at the end of May and move in with her mum Stella (Michelle Collins) who by that time will be installed as the new manageress of the Rovers. fer sassy looks will soon make her popular with some red blooded male characters and we hear that judging on the scenes she has already recorded she's taken to the part like the proverbial duck to water. Bring it on - we think she'll be great! 
Apparently Simon Gregson has said that he doesn't want his children to become involved in the acting business because... and I quote "It's full of weirdos!" Looking at your picture Simon we can't imagine where you get that idea from? Maybe Simon's come up with a a cunning plan to make sure he's not being followed by a National Sunday Newspaper like his mate Craig Charles was recently (see Story Below) by donning an equally cunning (although daft looking) disguise to confuse watching jounalists... or it could be that it was just freezing cold in Manchester when Simon turned up for filming recently at the Corrie studios to play his character Steve McDonald and Simon felt he had to wear one of those ridiculous 'unwanted' Christmas presents we all get. 
Is it just us here at WGHQ or does anyone else agree that there was something deeply unsettling about Samia Smith splitting with hubby Matthew. Ok we're not privvy to their imtimate personal life but we always thought of Samia as being reassuringly mummsy and as long as she was living in matrimonial harmony then all would be well with the world! Ah well...back to the drawing board. 
WHAT'S UP & COMING IN WEATHERFIELD: 