Abi Franklin: Last News

Coronation Street viewers have recently seen Nicky Wheatly arrive back in Weatherfield and last week her past came back to haunt her. The character, played by Kimberly Hart-Simpson, first appeared in the ITV soap in June 2020 when she met recently widowed Daniel Osbourne.

Coronation Street is set for dramatic scenes as Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) kidnaps Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) during her wedding to Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo). In new filming spoiler pictures taken on location, it sees a concerned Toyah in a wedding dress in the back of a silver car that is being driven by Abi. According to reports, Toyah gets into the car ahead of her wedding only to be left shocked to see Abi, who is on a mission to ruin the ceremony, as the driver.

Coronation Street's Georgia Taylor looked stunning as she was pictured donning a wedding dress for her upcoming scenes. The actress' ITV soap character Toyah Battersby is preparing to say 'I Do' to Imran Habeeb.

Wedding bells may be beckoning for Toyah Battersby this week but the actual day itself looks set to hit by disaster if first-look Coronation Street pictures are anything to go by.

He spent a fair bit of time being one of Coronation Street's hated characters but Corey Brent is back - sort of - as the actor who played him, Maximus Evans, reunited with some of his former co-stars.

Coronation Street's Millie Gibson, who plays Kelly Neelan on the ITV soap, shared a sweet photo of her on-screen parents to her Instagram story.Georgia Taylor, who plays Toyah, and Charlie De Melo, who plays Imran, embraced each other for a sweet cuddle as they flashed a smile at the camera.Millie posted the photo to her Instagram story and captioned it "Mom and dad", alongside three eye-watering emojis.The pair posed together with a stunning background behind them as Charlie opted for a blue suit with a striking red tie paired with his specs while Georgia donned a stunning polkadot dress.They shared multiple snaps from their evening out together as Millie posted another photo with Colson Smith and an additional pic with her on-screen mum Kel Allen, who left her role as Laura Neelan earlier this month.She wrote: "Back with mamma bear" as she posed alongside Kel who looked glamorous as ever as she joined the ITV soap stars for a night out.Multiple members of the cast joined in on the fun as they all went out for a few drinks with their fellow co-stars.The night out comes as drama has erupted on The Cobbles, with fans convinced that Georgia's Corrie character Toyah is gearing up for a series of twisted storylines. Earlier this month, Toyah revealed at her adoption hearing with Imran that he had been cheating on her and had a secret baby with their neighbour, Abi Franklin.

ITV soap Emmerdale. The actor will feature in a major new storyline on the Yorkshire-based soap opera, according to The Sun. Jack will take on the role of Jordan who embeds himself in the lives of a number of characters.

Coronation Street star Millie Gibson showed there was more love off-screen then on it for the actors who play Imran Habeeb and Toyah Battersby. It's been a whirlwind time for the on-screen couple after Toyah was left heartbroken after discovering her fiancé was the father of Abi Franklin's surprise baby.

Coronation Street fans think that Toyah Battersby is secretly going to get revenge on Imran Habeeb after she agreed to help him fight for custody over son Alfie. Only recently, Abi Franklin gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy to baby Alfie and it was soon revealed that Imran was the dad following a one night stand last year. Toyah, who has been left devastated over Imran's betrayal, decided to take him back on Wednesday's episode after he revealed that he was fighting for sole custody of his son and wanted them to be a family.

Coronation Street viewers have witnessed a number of surprise births in the past few years - but not all have gone to plan on screen.While soap bosses have been keen to portray the births as realistically as possible, eagle-eyed viewers have been quick to point out a number of baby birth blunders onscreen.That's not all, as viewers have also questioned the scenes following the births - as well as pointing out very obvious continuity errors involving baby bumps.One of the most recent blunders to be spotted by fans was the birth of Abi Franklin's baby Alfie - and here, Daily Star takes a look at some of the biggest baby blunders to have occurred on the soap.Sophie Webster left the cobbles in 2019 to travel the world - but fans noticed that the character had a very visible baby bump in her final scenes.While Sophie Webster may not have been pregnant, actress Brooke Vincent was, with her final scenes airing before the actress went on maternity leave from the soap.However eagle-eyed viewers spotted a continuity error as Brooke's baby bump was very clear to see as her character Sophie hugged a close friend, with one fan saying: "The director and camera thought they were slick.

Coronation Street fans were left stunned during the latest scenes on the soap as a heartbroken Toyah Battersby headed to the hospital and ended up confronting Abi Franklin after she discovered her son Alfie was the result of a one night stand with her fiance Imran Habeeb. The fresh drama began on the cobbles on Friday when Toyah revealed at her adoption hearing with Imran that he had been cheating on her and had a secret baby with their drug addict neighbour Abi.

Coronation Street fans were sharing their worry on Monday night as the soap returned to screens. It was back to Weatherfield for the latest drama as the fallout from Imran Habeeb and Abi Franklin's baby discovery.

Coronation Street fans protested as Toyah Battersby's dreams of becoming a mum were dashed again. On Friday there was classic Corrie drama as Toyah revealed at her adoption hearing with fiance Imran Habeeb that he had been cheating on her and had a secret baby with their drug addict neighbour Abi Franklin.

Coronation Street fans were blown away by scenes featuring Toyah Battersby exposing Imran Habeeb’s shocking baby secret in Friday night's episode. Viewers saw a heartbroken but composed Toyah take down Imran at an all-important adoption hearing.

Coronation Street star Tanisha Gorey shocked fans as she appeared looking very different from her character Asha Alahan.Tanisha made her debut on the cobbles back in 2009 as the daughter of Dev and Sunita Alahan and the twin sister of Aadi.Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the ITV actress, 19, shared a collection of glamorous selfies from an evening attending the Royal Television Society Programme Awards in London.Tanisha donned a glamorous, stylish satin gown that had a sizzling side split for the glitzy do.The actress accessorised the look with a pair of fabulous black heels and delicate jewellery. She simply captioned the snap with two brown love heart emojis.The actress' gushing followers and Corrie co-stars were quick to react to the snap.Corrie's Kelly Neelan star Millie Gibson penned: "This is my new Lock Screen."Kel Allen, who stars in the soap as Laura Neelan, commented: "Damn girl!"Abi Franklin star Sally Carman added: "Absolutely b****y scrumptious."And fans were just as complimentary as one said: "Wow, don't you look lovely and elegant." The official Coronation Street Instagram also shared a slew of snaps from the star-studded event, which they captioned: "All scrubbed up for the #RTSAwards! #Corrie #ITVHub @ITV @WeAreStv1 @tanisha.gorey @mollie.gallagher_ @dolly_rose_campbell @julia_goulding @sallyannmatthews." Corrie was nominated for the Soap and Continuing Drama gong at the RTS Awards, with Hollyoaks taking it home.

Coronation Street fans predict Imran Habeeb will kidnap his son Alfie who he secretly shares with Abi Franklin.During Wednesday’s instalment of the popular ITV soap, viewers watched the heartbreaking moment the loving mum was denied custody of her beautiful son as her disgraced solicitor failed to win her case.As the heartbroken mother left the courtroom devastated that her child would be placed into care following her ongoing struggles with substance abuse.But with the fate of their vulnerable son now no longer in their hands, the doting dad has turned to drastic measures in order to secure his safety with them.As viewers caught up with the latest developments in the nail-biting legal case, Imran decided to put his name on Alfie’s birth certificate so that he could live with him despite the fact his wife would learn of his affair.With emotions running high, fans soon predicted that the legal advisor would kidnap his son before social services have a chance to remove him from Abi’s care and place his name on his birth certificate.One user penned: “Imran’s going to run away ait Alfie, isn’t he? #corrie.”Another predicted: “Imran will add his name to Alfie’s birth certificate then Kevin will see it no doubt. #Corrie’s that predictable.”However, others theorised that the tot would be taken in by both Imran and Toyah Battersby as they struggle to adopt a child together.A third fan penned: “I think Toyah and Imran will take Baby Alfie #Corrie @itvcorrie.”Another agreed: “Alfie will end up with Toyah and Imran.

Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt must have broken some kind of record as after 25 years working on the ITV soap he's had to call in sick for the first time. Viewers best know the actor for playing Paddy Kirk in the ITV soap, making his debut in the role back in February 1997 when his character was brought in as a locum for Zoe Tate at the veterinary surgery.

Coronation Street fans were left annoyed on Wednesday's episode as they pointed out Kevin Webster's "hypocrisy" as he judged Abi Franklin after her surprise newborn baby. Only recently, Abi gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy with estranged husband Kevin thinking her ex Tez is the father but it's actually Imran Habeeb.

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out Abi Franklin's surprise newborn baby Alfie's teddy bear name after a sweet scene on the ITV soap. Last week, soap watchers were left in tears as Abi, who gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy, revealed she had called her baby Alfie as it was the name of her late son Seb's favourite teddy bear when he was little.

Coronation Street, when she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby.However, she is determined to keep her child and is planning to go into rehab following her drug relapse - but Abi is also wondering who the father might be.Following her affair with Imran Habeeb while married to Kevin Webster, viewers are currently wondering if their dalliance will be revealed to Imran's partner Toyah Battersby - and if the father will be revealed too.While Abi Franklin's life has taken a dramatic turn recently, actress Sally Carman's life is far less dramatic away from the ITV cobbles, including a sweet romance with her co-star fiancé, and showing off a rarely seen tattoo.Long before Sally arrived on the Weatherfield cobbles as Abi Franklin, the actress had a leading role in one of the country's most beloved TV series.From 2005 to 2013, Sally played Kelly Maguire in Shameless, who was the sister of Kevin Ball and married to Shane Maguire.Following her roles as Kelly Maguire and as Abi Franklin, both of whom have battled addiction problems, Sally revealed to The Sun that she often gets typecast in this roles, but does not mind, saying: "I always go to TV interviews with my hair done, my makeup done and wearing really nice clothes and they go, ‘There we go, she’s the prostitute’, or ‘That’s the woman with the drug problem.'"People love to cast me as the down-and-out, but it doesn’t bother me, they’re the best parts to play anyway.

They may not have always seen eye-to-eye on-screen but Coronation Street's 'dysfunctional family' looked happy enough together off-screen.