Coronation Street fans baffled as Maria 'changes' her brother Kirk's name

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Coronation Street scenes set to air next week.Gary Windass (Mikey North) visits Laura in hospital and is shocked at her deterioration.With tears in her eyes, Laura admits that she’d give anything to be able to hug daughter Kelly (Millie Gibson).As Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) and Kelly are about to leave for the hairdressing awards, Gary reveals that he’s had a call from the hospital warning him that Laura only has hours to live.Determined that her mum is not going to ruin her day, Kelly stalks out and Maria hurries after her.Kelly is on a high as she wins Best Trainee Stylist and knocks back the wine.Gary arrives and appeals to her to go and visit Laura.Will Kelly go and see her mum for what could be the final time?Fans of the ITV soap are aware that Gary murdered Kelly's dad Rick Neelan back in 2019.However, there was a huge twist in recent scenes that left the Weatherfield killer completely floored.After keeping his murderous secret under wraps for almost three years, Gary came to accept that his part in Rick's death was about to unravel.Events spiralled after Gary attempted to gain access to the site so he could once again move Rick's body, having learned it was at risk of being unearthed due to imminent building work. After his failed attempt to access to site, Gary was more panicked than ever.Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) knew instantly that Gary's one-man mission had failed, and they discussed the fact that it would only be a matter of time before the police arrived at their door.Rick's dying ex-wife Laura later met with the private investigator she had hired to track him down and was told the man was almost certainly dead and that Gary was the last man to have any contact with Rick.

CORONATION Street is set to take a dark twist this week as a murdered character's rotting corpse is finally discovered in Weatherfield. Fans of the ITV soap will see the moment Rick Neelan's dead body is finally discovered, three years after he was killed by Gary Windass. Emotions are running high at Victoria Court but two characters are panicking after finding out loan shark Rick has been found dead.

Coronation Street scenes when her father Rick Neelan's body is discovered.The notorious loan shark went missing in 2019, but unknown to the Weatherfield residents, he was murdered by Gary Windass (Mikey North).Rick had terrorised Gary after he failed to pay Rick his money back, with Gary eventually snapping and killing Rick instead.With the discovery of Rick's body, it is now only a matter of time before the truth is exposed.Rick is one of Coronation Street's most famous villains, and away from the soap, actor Gary Wood has led a very interesting life too - from rival soap roles to a romance with a famous actress.Although Greg is best known for playing Rick in Coronation Street, the actor has also had leading roles in other popular rival soaps.His debut TV role was in Channel 4 soap Brookside as drug dealer Terry Gibson in 2002, before going on to star in TV series including Casualty and The A-List.He also starred in one episode of Emmerdale as Nick Callow in 2006.10 years later in 2016, he starred as gangster Trevor Royle in Hollyoaks, who was stabbed to death on his wedding day to Grace Black by teenager Nico Blake.However, Coronation Street viewers remember Greg for his role as loan shark Rick , who terrorised Weatherfield residents including Gary.Between 2009 and 2019, Rick made the lives of characters including Terry Duckworth a misery, before Gary put an end to his reign of terror and killed him.Since then, viewers could not believe how different Greg looked away from the cobbles, with the actor posing for an Instagram photograph showing his long grey hair, beard and round Harry Potter style glasses.He captioned the post "Pottering around… Get it… Get it?? #loveadadjoke."However, the actor was soon spotted outside

Colson Smith has hinted at taking on 'new opportunities' as things get interesting for his Coronation Street character. The actor is best known for playing Craig Tinker in the ITV soap who has had a complicated start to the year after he had to quit his beloved job as a PC after helping cover up his girlfriend Faye Windass and her pal Emma Brooker's secret.

Gary Windass' time looked close to being up in Coronation Street last week as his murderous secret finally came to light after three years of being hidden.

Coronation Street fans were left stunned on Friday night over a twist they admit they 'didn't see coming'. Viewers of the ITV soap often have their theories proven right, but during the latest scenes between Laura Neelan and Gary Windass, they were left open-mouthed after he admitted to killing her husband - before she took the rap.

CORONATION Street star Kel Allen has quit the soap after two years - and she’s already filmed her final scenes. The actress - who plays Laura Neelan in the ITV soap - has spoken about her emotional final scenes after it was revealed last night that the character will take the blame for husband Rick’s murder.

Coronation Street actress Kel Allen has quit her role as Laura Neelan in the popular ITV soap after two years and has already filmed her final scenes. On Friday's episode of Corrie, terminally ill Laura appeared to take the blame for the murder of her husband Rick and was escorted away by police for questioning.Ex-soldier Gary Windass who actually committed the crime, looked on in amazement while Laura was taken away by officers.Meanwhile, Laura's daughter Kelly pleaded her mother's innocence as she cried to the policemen to let her mother go.Speaking candidly to The Sun, actress Kel expressed that she felt emotional filming her last scenes for the legendary soap.She said: "Oh my god, it’s emotional.

Early morning television presenter Lorraine Kelly has admitted to being extremely shocked to have heard her name mentioned by a band of Coronation Street characters as she sat down to watch the ITV soap. Lorraine, 62, told viewers on Thursday 24 March that she wasn't expecting to hear herself being referenced on the Cobbles and that the experience was "very strange".

Steven Bartlett probably wasn't expecting a shout-out on Coronation Street but he certainly got one anyway.

GARY Windass vows to end his cover-up as he looks set to confess to the murder of Rick Neelan. In upcoming episodes, Gary reaches breaking point as a body is discovered at Weatherfield County's new training ground, the location Gary hid the body. Kelly clings on to the hope that the body is not her fathers, however police soon reveal that it is in fact Rick.

Coronation Street villain Rick Neelan's body will be found next week.Having seen the news on her phone, his daughter Kelly Neelan’s (Millie Gibson) horrified to learn the police are at County’s new training ground searching for a body.As they find a body at the construction site, Kelly clings to the hope that her dad’s still alive.However, DS Beckett ( Kate Rutter) confirms they’ve found Rick’s body. Kelly breaks down, utterly bereft.Kelly confides in Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) how both her parents let her down and she’s grateful to have her and Gary Windass (Mikey North).Gary reaches a decision and tells Maria he’s going to confess to Rick’s murder.Maria’s horrified and begs Gary to reconsider, pointing out he’ll destroy their family and Kelly’s life.

Coronation Street fans think there could be an affair twist coming up on the cobbles between Phill Whittaker and Maria Connor. During the latest instalment, Phill helped Maria turn her campaign around as he gave her confidential information about the council, showing that they have been covering up the dangers of local air pollution.

Coronation Street stars Alan Halsall and Mikey North have given a glimpse inside their day out at Cheltenham Racecourse. Alan, 39, who is known as Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV soap, along with Mikey, 35, who plays Gary Windass on the cobbles, arrived in style to the Cheltenham Festival as they celebrated St Patrick's Day on Thursday 17 March. The pair looked very dapper in their racecourse attire as Alan donned a tweed blue three-piece suit with a mustard pocket square and tie.

Corrie killer Mikey North has become a heartthrob for grannies.The actor, 35, plays Gary Windass who has bumped off two characters on the soap - Rana Habeeb and Rick Neelan - and got away with it.So he was stunned to learn he’s become a pin-up for OAPs.Mikey said: “Samia (Longchambon) always takes the mickey out of me.“She says it’s ladies of a certain age.“I think it’s Kel (Allen) that plays Laura, she says that she’s got an 85-year-old she knows and Gary is her favourite character. All she wants is a signed picture of Gary.“I think she’s in hospital at the moment.

Rising Coronation Street star Millie Gibson arrived in Weatherfield as Kelly Neelan in 2019 and has gone on to win high praise for her portrayal of the troubled teenager.

Coronation Street's Gary Windass as actor Mikey North promised his world "comes crashing down".The bad boy of the ITV cobbles has managed to keep murdering loan shark Rick Neelan on the down-low for the most part - only confiding in his wife Maria Connor and sharing parts of the story with ex Sarah Platt.But now the truth is set to come rushing back as Rick's body is discovered.Next week, Maria informs Gary that she's succeeded in moving Weatherfield County's new training ground on the basis of her environmental campaign - but the bad news for Gary is that the new ground is on top of where he buried Rick.Desperate, he attempts to break into the site to shift the corpse once again, but his plan is foiled by a security guard.And with Laura's private investigator getting closer to the truth, he blurts out what he has done to Rick's ex.But what will Gary's future hold now? And could he be headed back behind bars?Actor Mikey North dished on how Gary's world as he knows it is coming to an end, telling Daily Star: "[The storyline] was nicely done, because Laura asks Gary to be Kelly's legal guardian and he goes for a drink with Maria."They say, 'Throughout all of this hardship this was meant to be, we’re finally coming out the other side of it, and maybe we can make a new life here and start again, try to stop thinking about what Gary’s done.'"The actor elaborated: "He’s become so used to it, and while he can be quite cunning, I think he has just gotten used to living with it - especially in the last year or so."Life has somewhat returned a bit more to normal and it’s been nice to have some lighter scenes and to play a bit of the lighter stuff with Tim and Sally, so it’s almost been forgotten about."But of course it’s always