ITV Coronation Street: Real life of Gary Windass actor Mikey North - wife, son's difficult arrival, forgotten role and unusual phobia

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton) and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visit the London headquarters of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to learn about the ongoing support for people affected by the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday (April 21) in London, England.

A woman was left bewildered after her 'cheeky neighbours' took it upon themselves to paint a communal door - then asked her to help pay for it.

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A nearly three-hour televised debate between French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday night scored the lowest ever ratings for such a match-up. With 15.6 million total viewers, the heated exchange between the incumbent and the far right extremist was aired live on both TF1 and France 2. The market share was, however, a solid 61%.

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Coronation Street star Tanisha Gorey isn't one for posting on social media too often but she quickly drew in the compliments with her latest post on Instagram.

Coronation Street cobbles is still on everyone’s lips - that Laura Neelan took the fall for Rick Neelan’s murder.And fans of the show think the latest twist in the Neelan legacy could only mean one thing - that Rana Nazir is actually still alive and could be returning to the show.Terminally ill Laura admitted to her daughter Kelly and to the police that she killed Rick, despite knowing Gary Windass actually committed the crime, in order for her daughter to get her dad’s money and grow up in a stable family.But with Laura’s death on the cards, fans are sure the storyline can’t simply end like that - allowing Kelly to go on hating her mum forever.With Gary technically guilty of Rana’s murder after causing the factory roof to collapse in a dodgy deal with Rick, fans are sure that the only way he could truly face justice if Laura keeps quiet is for Rana to return and tell on him.And with Faye Brookes’ character Kate Connor still alive despite exiting the show, it could mean their romance has a chance to blossom after all.Taking to Twitter, one eagle-eyed fan suggested an amnesia plot could be the way to go, with Rana forgetting what happened in the interim between her exit in 2019 and now.They tweeted: “Still hoping Corrie is trash soap enough to bring Rana back at some point with amnesia or something!”A second hopeful fan wrote: “It's Saturday morning and in my mind the Connor family are happy. Aidan and Johnny are alive.

AFTER years of living on the cobbles, Fiz is now leaving her terraced house on the street and has instead moved into a huge posh Victorian semi, staying on the show. The star gets ready to leave Weatherfield as she packs the moving van with her boxes in upcoming episodes. Whilst getting ready she drops a huge bombshell on Tyrone - confessing that she is worried she is making a big mistake.

Coronation Street's Lydia Chambers has been bad news since arriving on the cobbles, intent on destroying Adam Barlow's life.But now viewers think they've worked out an even more sinister twist, which saw her murder young Finn's parents in an attempt to escape justice.Lydia's motives soon became clear when she staged an affair with Adam to split him from wife Sarah Platt, along with attempting to ruin the solicitors' business and get Adam arrested for vandalising her flat.But when she admitted he'd encouraged her to abort their baby and left her in the dust, fans became a little more sympathetic - at least until Lydia tossed him from a high balcony, leaving him needing urgent surgery or risk going blind.Fans are curious as to why they haven't seen the child in Lydia's custody - Finn - since around Christmastime, despite her using him as an excuse to escape justice for the assault.The youngster appeared on screen briefly in the Christmas market sections, but has only been referred to since, with Lydia referencing childminders and school.And Adam refused to press charges after Lydia told him that she is "all Finn's got".Taking to Facebook to air their theories, one fan wrote: “Very strange storyline. I was thinking has she killed the mother of Finn, will this be a long story and she comes back and things get worse?“Don’t think this is over, think she was hoping Adam was dead!”Another agreed: “Finn is her son...

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.

Coronation Street villain Callum Logan could still be alive, as fans think they've rumbled a major ITV soap twist.Callum was seemingly killed off the soap by his ex Kylie Platt in 2015 when he attempted to rape Sarah Platt, with the family subsequently burying his body underneath the house's annex.His son Harry was born months after his death, after drug dealer Callum used his other son Max as a pawn in a chilling game against the Platts.And it looked like their world could come crumbling down in 2016, when the manhole covering the body collapsed - but the murder was ultimately blamed on Jason Grimshaw's late dad Tony.But fans are now sure that Callum could still be alive in a major twist.It would be a stretch, but could be possible if Kylie hadn't quite finished the job when clobbering him over the head.

Coronation Street David Platt actor shared an image on Instagram in which he wore a loose-fitting animal print shirt and rolled-up jeans. The 34-year-old ITV star posed in front of a huge gold mirror with wavy edges as he wore a white animal print shirt half tucked in at the waist.He threw on a pair of black jeans and rolled up the hem above his high-top black Converse trainers.Jack smiled as he wrote in the caption: "Update: it's sunny.

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".