Coronation Street’s Maria Connor ‘murdered Laura Neelan’ as fans guess exit twist

heatwave next week with temperatures set to soar above the yearly May average, according to the Met Office.The national weather agency made the prediction in their long range forecast spanning from Sunday (May 8) to Tuesday (May 17). Although they said that some "scattered showers" and rare "heavier rain" may plague northern parts of the UK towards the start of that period, the outlook beyond that looks promising.

North Korea has launched a "possible ballistic missile" just days after Kim Jong-un said he was prepared to use his nuclear arsenal. The Japanese Defence Ministry confirmed the launch this morning (May 4), writing on Twitter: "A possible ballistic missile was launched from North Korea.

Coronation Street as Laura Neelan (Kel Allen) sadly passed away in emotional scenes which aired last week.After being diagnosed with cancer, Laura was determined to reconcile with her daughter Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson).However, her health deteriorated and Gary Windas (Mikey North), who viewers know is responsible for Laura husband Rick's death, tried to persuade Kelly to visit her mum one last timeThings haven't been the same between the mother and daughter since Laura confessed to Rick's murder so Gary could continue to look after Kelly when she died.Laura sadly passed away and Kelly missed her last chance to see her mum.Following Laura's exit from the soap, Daily Star taken a look at Coronation Street's most heartbreaking moments.Soap anniversaries usually come with their fair share of dramatic moments - but Coronation Street's 50th anniversary saw the death of many fan favourites too.Beloved Weatherfield butcher Ashley Peacock was one of the residents to die in a tragic tram crash, leaving fans in tears as the long serving resident left the cobbles for good - several years after the murder of his wife Maxine.Ashley had been in the Joinery Bar celebrating Peter Barlow's stag night, but a tram derailment caused the roof to collapse and in a moment of heroism, Ashley held part of the roof up so Peter and Nick to escape - knowing that he would die instead.The tram crash also claimed the life of Molly Dobbs, and further shock was to follow, as Molly Dobbs revealed to Sally Webster in her dying breaths that she had an affair with Sally's husband Kevin - and that he was the father of her baby.Jack and Vera Duckworth were inseparable on the cobbles, with the couple providing much needed comic relief throughout their time

Coronation Street star Alexandra Mardell has shared a collection of sweet behind-the-scenes snaps after her character Emma Brooker made an emotional exit on Friday. During the latest instalment, Emma decided to leave Weatherfield for a new life in Australia with her boyfriend Jon, who is the grandson of Ted. It comes after actress Alexandra, 28, announced earlier this year that she had quit the ITV soap after almost four years of playing Emma.Taking to Instagram after her character's exit on Friday, Alexandra posted a collection of sweet behind-the-scenes snaps.

STACEY Slater is set to make a shock discovery about her mother Jean as she tries to move heaven and earth to take care of her. All her worries will be confirmed as she’s set to make a shocking discovery about her next week in EastEnders. Jean Slater has been acting out, leaving some residents concerned about her well-being.

It's not very often Coronation Street comes with a warning but one of the soap's stars has issued one ahead of heartbreaking scenes. Mille Gibson, who plays Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap, took to Instagram to share a short message with the show's fans.

Coronation Street star Millie Gibson is putting herself through her paces as she showed off the start of her gym journey. The actress is best known for playing Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap.

Coronation Street fans can expect plenty of drama next week as Abi Webster (Sally Carman) goes head-to-head with Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo) to gain custody of baby Alfie.Toyah Battersby’s (Georgia Taylor) heart breaks as Elsie leaves with the social worker.Having drowned her sorrows she drunkenly heads to the solicitors to have it out with Imran but Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) tells her he has gone to visit Alfie.When Imran returns and asks her to let him put things right she leaves him in no doubt about how she feels.Imran tells Abi he is flat hunting and suggests she could move in with Alfie but she turns him down. Elsewhere, as Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson) tries to come to terms with her mum Laura's death she is overwhelmed when she discovers she stands to inherit everything from her dad, including the family home and asks Gary Windass (Mikey North) to go and check on the house for her.

Coronation Street star Kel Allen could barely meet her co-star’s gaze as she braced herself for some of the most heart-wrenching scenes of her career. The actress, from Wigan, was in pieces before the cameras started rolling for her final scenes on the cobbles as Laura Neelan.

It was another soapy night in Manchester as the stars of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale hit the red carpet for a magical night in the city.

Coronation Street fans have predicted that Kelly Neelan will leave the ITV soap after the tragic passing of her mother Laura.On Wednesday's episode it was revealed that Laura would be sent to hospice to live out her final days, with Gary Windass and Maria Connor needing to break the tragic news to Kelly.Fans believe that grief-stricken Kelly may not be able to cope well and will end up turning her back on Weatherfield for good.One person predicted on Twitter: "Kelly is going to end up leaving #Corrie either killed off or running away."Others hoped that Kelly would visit Laura in hospital before her death, writing: "Oh blimey, I hope Laura gets to see Kelly again before she dies, but I don’t think she will."A second added: "Kelly’s not fine. She’s in deep denial.

Coronation Street actress Kel Allen has opened up on her close bond with co-star Georgia Taylor away from Weatherfield.The actress has said goodbye to the ITV soap after two years and her final scenes will play out this week.Laura has been battling a terminal illness and recently took the blame for the murder of her husband Rick Neelan so that his real killer, Gary Windass (Mikey North), can continue to care for her daughter Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson).Previously speaking about her final scenes, Kel revealed: ""Oh my god, it’s emotional. I get emotional and start filling up just thinking about it."It’s been three years [since Gary killed Rick] in the running and people have been desperate for the truth to come out but I don’t think they were expecting that twist."Because of that twist the death scenes when they come are even more emotionally charged." She also opened up about the bond she has with her co-stars on and off the screen.Kel continued: "The biggest thing I have taken from it is the relationships with the people there."Millie [Gibson] is incredible, such a talented actor and she is the daughter I never had."I knew Georgia [Taylor] before I joined as we trained together many years ago so it has been brilliant working with her again.

Ranvir Singh was quick to address her error as she made a bit of a slip up before interviewing Coronation Street star Kel Allen. The actress, who plays Laura Neelan in the ITV soap, was on the show to discuss her final scenes.

Coronation Street next week. As Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson) tries to come to terms with her mum’s Laura Neelan's (Kel Allen) death, she needs to prepare to say a final goodbye to villain father.The youngster is overwhelmed when she discovers she stands to inherit everything from her dad, including the family home.She asks Gary Windass (Mikey North) to go and check on the house for her.At the neglected house Gary is faced with a photo of a smiling Rick and packs up some belongings to bring back to Kelly.As she looks at the reminders of her childhood, Kelly’s overcome with emotion and hurries out.Alone in Victoria Garden and numb with misery, Kelly takes out her mum’s little bottle of morphine from her pocket and unscrews the top just as Abi Webster (Sally Carman) arrives.When Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) admits that she might not attend Rick’s funeral as she has her council reputation to think about, Gary’s angry and reckons she should be putting Kelly first.As Gary, Maria and Kelly arrive for Rick’s funeral.

Coronation Street star Elle Mulvaney has once again shown she is completely different to her on-screen character as she shared a glimpse behind-the-scenes at a recent photoshoot.

Coronation Street is set to see four faces leave the ITV soap next week, with three stars set to leave the programme entirely.The soap could see four people go in the same week with one popular cast member departing for good.Corrie will see another move away but seemingly stays with the show.There could also be two more departures on top of this too, as one character is reportedly set to pass away in very harrowing upcoming scenes.Then another minor character is also not likely to stick around on the soap for much longer.It has already been confirmed that Emma Brooker will leave the soap after four years, with her real life counterpart Alexandra Mardell quitting earlier this year.According to reports, it is known that her secret link to newcomer Jon's grandfather Ted will finally be exposed.Whether Emma will have to go on the run or face prison, it remains to be seen, though her exit will air on Friday, April 8.It is unclear whether she will get her happily ever after with Jon, after he asked her to move to Oz with him, but with Emma gone, we're sure he won't be sticking around.But once he finds out what happened to Ted, perhaps he will change his mind and lead to more trouble for Emma.Another fan favourite set to depart the famous street is the iconic Fiz Brown, who will be moving away from the cobbles for the first time since her 2001 debut.However, Fiz doesn't seem to be leaving the show entirely and soon returns to her job at the factory after having doubts over her big life move.But if she does decide to go and stay with Phill full time, then we may see a more permanent exit for her.Finally, it looks like Laura Neelan could tragically lose her life in next Friday's episode, due to her battle with cancer.This hasn't

Coronation Street star Simon Gregson was reportedly asked to leave a bar after dancing topless at his co-star's leaving party. The ITV soap star, 47, who recently called for his character Steve McDonald to leave Weatherfield, was at a leaving do for his on-screen daughter Alexandra Mardell, who plays Emma Brooker, at Albert’s Schloss in the Manchester Deansgate area in February.

Coronation Street star Greg Wood is set to make his TV comeback alongside his former soap co-star Michelle Keegan.The small screen star - best known as Rick Neelan in the hit ITV soap - has signed up to star in Sky comedy Brassic.Greg, 43, will join season four of the show in the role of Barry McDonagh, a member of a new arrival family on the series.The role will be his first since Rick was murdered by Gary Windass back in early 2019.The villainous loan shark made an appearance on the show this week when his decaying body was discovered.The scenes saw Rick's ex-wife Laura confess to the murder in an attempt to save Gary, as she asked him to take legal guardianship of her daughter with Rick, Kelly.Laura - who is dying of cancer on the soap and set to succumb to her illness in upcoming episodes - broke down in tears as she was arrested and charged.Gary killed Rick in self defence in brutal fight scenes which aired as the culmination of months of threats and abuse against his girlfriend and her family.Gary hid his crime for a year, but things slowly started to come to the surface.Meanwhile Michelle, 34, previously admitted that she banned her family from watching some of her raunchy scenes in Brassic, which debuted in 2019.The 34-year-old actress - who plays Erin in the show - was seen orgasming as she straddled on-screen boyfriend Dylan in the opening minutes of the latest series, screaming "I'm c***ing" while gyrating on top of him.As he complained that he hadn't finished yet, she then hit back quipping: "You can finish on my t*ts."During an interview with the Radio Times Michelle said: “That first episode, I didn’t let my family watch until 15 minutes in, and we all know why!“I did a family message to everyone when that

Coronation Street's cast headed out on a night out in Manchester, with some of its young stars confirming they're just as good friends off-screen as on.The cast were attending the relaunch party of the Alchemist bar in Manchester, where they were pictured arriving and looking in high spirits as they enjoyed a break from filming. Millie Gibson, who plays Kelly Neelan on the soap, wore a bright yellow blazer with matching heels, along with a casual pair of blue jeans.The 17 year old also clutched a small white handbag under her shoulder and completed her look with beachy waves in her hair.

Coronation Street favourite Laura Neelan (Kel Allen) is given hours to live in upcoming scenes.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 her daughter Kelly Neelan (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 walks 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. What will she do? Elsewhere in Weatherfield, Jon Spear (Jordon Ford Silver) shares his plans to open a beach bar in Australia and Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell) is stunned to realise she visited the same beach as a kid.

CORONATION Street stars Ellie Leach and Millie Gibson looked worlds away from their characters as they glammed up for a night out. Ellie, 21, and Millie, 17, stepped out for an event in Manchester on Thursday night and looked like they were having a great night in photos uploaded to Instagram.