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Mikey North has revealed that the emotions that will be seen in upcoming Coronation Street scenes won’t be all acting as it marks the end of his working relationship with Millie Gibson. The actor, who plays Gary Windass in the ITV soap, has been teasing what is to come for the pair on-screen as they find themselves at the centre of some major September drama on the cobbles.

CORONATION STREET'S Kelly Neelan will be bowing out of the show in a "high stakes" exit with high tech visuals to match. The troubled teenager will say goodbye to Coronation Street in a Hollywood stunt exit, with bosses teasing fans it is going to be "cataclysmic". Fans will not be disappointed, as producer Iain McLeod revealed that bosses have "really thrown everything at this week to bring out all the secrets and lies," he told the Metro.

READ MORE: Ex Coronation Street icon unrecognisable in baffling throwback snap of the cast Millie posed for a series of stunning snaps as she posed in a nearly sheer strappy orange gown.Her metal nipple bar could be seen through the thin fabric as Millie ditched her bra for the impromptu photoshoot, adding a glitzy pendant necklace with her initial on and a pair of reflective aviator sunglasses.Millie’s blonde hair fell in loose, beachy waves down to her shoulders as she raised her shades off her face to reveal a bold eye make-up look.She accompanied her snaps on her Instagram Stories with a row of peach, orange and lion emojis, before posing in the same dress with a pal.Earlier in the day, Millie sunned herself on the beach in a stunning multicoloured bikini, announcing that it was 30 degrees Celsius in Italy.The strapless two-piece featured hues of red, blue and green, showing off Millie’s toned tummy and collarbone as she hid her face with a mint green baseball cap.Paperback books, sandals and towels could be seen strewn about on the sand as Millie chilled out to a Zombies song, looking relaxed as ever as she reclined on the beach. For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. It comes as soap boss Iain MacLeod has teased huge danger for Millie’s character in upcoming episodes.He told Daily Star: “It leaves me with a heavy heart to say it, but we all know Kelly’s leaving the show."So we thought, 'Well the fact that Millie is going allows us to go really big and do something incredibly high stakes to maybe have some characters step on all these landmines that we buried for them over the years, have them all go off in one cataclysmic explosion."It’s literally

Coronation Street is introducing a "chaotic" new character to the Bailey family, with soap boss Iain MacLeod vowing that Dee-Dee will be a "shot in the arm" to the soap.Though the Bailey family were officially introduced to the ITV cobbles in 2019, only two of Aggie and Ed's children have been seen in person on the street.Michael and James' sister Diana – better known as Dee-Dee – is set to make an explosive entrance onto the street.READ MORE: Corrie’s Hope ‘to unmask’ secret cobbles killer as fans rumble identity of her 'catfish'Boss Iain spoke to Daily Star and other press about her arrival at the end of September, explaining: "I loved this character long before she physically existed, by the way she was described in the Bailey family."Essentially, you can expect a certain amount of chaos. She’s got an incredibly big heart and she’s incredibly competent at her job, but you’d never guess that to meet her."She works in law, and she will issue a point-by-point takedown of a team of hotshot lawyers in order to win a case for her client, but when she leaves the court it’s with her skirt tucked into her knickers," he joked.The soap producer continued: "She’s just abject chaos in every regard, apart from she’s got this incredibly sharp mind.

Coronation Street's Bailey family is set to expand as bosses shared details of the latest arrival in Weatherfield. Aggie, Ed, and their two sons Michael and James arrived on the street back in 2019. They were then followed by Ed's brother, Ronnie Bailey, early last year.

Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod has confirmed a "dark and dangerous" secret for newly arrived Stephen Reid, which leaves his mother Audrey Roberts in huge peril.Stephen, who grew up in Canada, recently arrived back in Weatherfield from Milan where he had been running a business – but hints have been scattered across the cobbles that he could be in significant money troubles.With fans already suspicious of Stephen's motive, it won't come as much of a surprise that Stephen has a few aces up his sleeve. READ MORE: Corrie's Summer star sizzles as she poses with stunning lookalike sisterSpeaking to Daily Star and other press, Iain confirmed: "Desperate is the word [to describe Stephen], and he will continue to get more and more desperate and more and more dark as the story unfolds."We definitely brought him back with a slightly different spin than the one we’ve seen before – the beauty of this character is that he’s got this huge longevity through his connection to the show and this heritage family, but actually he’s a bit of a blank canvas."If you think back through his archive scenes we don’t really know a lot about him. So we thought, well actually if we’re going to fill in those blanks and learn more about him, shouldn’t we make him dark, dangerous, scheming?"The soap boss continued: "Our viewers are so canny as well.

Coronation Street boss Iain MacLeod has promised some "very real danger" for Gary Windass and Kelly Neelan amid Millie Gibson's exit.The soap intends to use a Hollywood technique never before seen in a continuing drama to bring some "high stakes jeopardy" to the characters we all know and love, as years of secrets go off in one "cataclysmic explosion".Speaking to Daily Star and other press, the Corrie producer explained: "We decided to go full Corriewood. Among many amazing things, the centrepiece to the week is a sequence that we’ve shot using technology that’s more commonly found in The Mandalorian, or they use a slightly larger version of this in a lot of the Avengers movies.READ MORE: Ex Coronation Street icon unrecognisable in baffling throwback snap of the cast"It’s called a volume wall, which is relatively new to me.

Coronation Street fans have been worried about Audrey Roberts for some months as she turned to drinking to deal with her fears of growing older. And a reason for their concern was soon given as the street legend, played by Sue Nicholls, revealed to her friends that she tried to take her own life in emotional scenes.

ITV Coronation Street's Stephen Reid will find his bad-guy ways soon catch up with him as he's set to be exposed a scammer and a liar. The popular soap's producer Iain MacLeod has revealed viewers were right about the son of Audrey Roberts, and teases he could go to "desperate and dark" lengths to maintain his schemes.

Things may have seemed quiet on the cobbles of Weatherfield of late but all that's set to change in the next few weeks as Coronation Street bosses unveil its 'super September' spoilers.

The truth of what happened in the car crash which subsequently saw Imran Habeeb lose his life is set to come tumbling out in Coronation Street this month. While fans of the ITV soap are sure the lawyers new wife Toyah is to blame, they never saw what actually happened.

Coronation Street has officially confirmed that Kelly Neelan will exit in upcoming scenes. It was reported last month that Millie Gibson will be bowing out of the ITV soap after three years on the cobbles "explosive" storyline.

CORONATION Street’s Kelly Neelan will leave the soap in a dramatic rooftop showdown using the movie magic featured in the Marvel films. The character, played by Millie Gibson, will be seen fighting with Gary Windass in her final scenes shot with special effects.

A brave young nurse with terminal cancer has seen her lifelong dream of visiting Scotland come true as she completes her bucket list before she dies.

Jodie Prenger will be joining the Coronation Street cast. The West End star is fulfilling a lifelong dream by taking on the role, saying: "I know I sound like a soppy sod, but it's been on my bucket list to be in Coronation Street since I was little."It's an honour, it truly is a very special moment in my life.

Coronation Street is set for exciting scenes as Jodie Prenger has joined the ITV soap as George Shuttleworth's sister, Glenda.The actress, 43, started filming this week and her character Glenda arrives on the cobbles in early August, straight from a stint on the cruise ships and quickly finds her feet, and a job, behind the bar of the Rovers. Jodie soared to fame when she won BBC Talent show I’d Do Anything in 2008, where she went on to play Nancy in Oliver! in the West End. Since then, the actress and singer has played Miss Hannigan in Annie, the title role in the UK theatre tour of Shirley Valentine and more recently played the lead role of Kelly in the world premiere of Kay Mellor's Fat Friends the musical.

Coronation Street favourites Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and Fiz Stape (Jennie McApline) spend some time together next week.In upcoming scenes, Tyrone suggests that Fiz should stay and watch their favourite TV programme together for old time’s sake.When he offers her a lift home, Fiz is touched and admits that she never had this when she lived at No.9.As Tyrone pulls up outside Fiz’s new house, she offers to show him around.Fans of the ITV soap are aware that Tyrone decided to leave Fiz after hooking up with Alina Popp.However, Alina has since left Weatherfield and Tyrone has been trying to win back Fiz from her new love interest Phill Whittaker (Jamie McKenna).Corrie has filmed another dramatic showdown between love rivals as the battle for Fiz affections heats up again.In new scenes that the soap has filmed on location, Tyrone and Phill are seen coming to blows at the new house that Fiz and Phill have just moved into, together with Fiz and Tyrone's daughters.As the pair clash, they both end up covered in concrete as they scrap among the renovations being done on the house, with spoiler both men looking pretty filthy.After Fiz agreed to move into the new family home with Phill, she admitted to Tyrone that she had some doubts about moving away from the cobbles after calling them home for over 20 years.Tyrone, however, made a selfless move as he told Fiz that she deserved a new start and tried to point out all the benefits that moving to the new place would bring for her and the girls.Although he managed to hide his true heartbreak as Fiz pulled away from the street, it looks like he won't be able to keep his emotions in check for much longer.Corrie producer Iain MacLeod promised at the beginning of the year that fans

Coronation Street's Toyah Battersby could soon be reunited with her former foster daughter Elsie, as fans reckon they've rumbled a key DNA link.The doting foster mum was left devastated as she was forced to say goodbye to Elsie after discovering her fiancé Imran Habeeb had cheated on her with Abi Webster - and was the father to her son Alfie.Desperate to stay true to herself, Toyah admitted the truth at an adoption meeting and saw Elsie depart in a taxi for good.But now fans are certain that Toyah's ex-boyfriend Spider Nugent could have a key DNA link to Elsie which would see the pair reunited. It was confirmed last week that Spider will make an epic return to the soap after an incredible 25 years, with Coronation Street announcing the big news on its social media pages.Real name Geoffrey David Nugent, and played by Martin Hancock, Emily Bishop's nephew will be back on our screens soon, with producer Iain MacLeod explaining: "Martin is a fabulous actor and Spider is a character with real heritage, and affection from fans."His return heralds an enthralling new story for Toyah, who will be embroiled in a mess of guilt and secrecy when Spider arrives.

Coronation Street, producer Iain Macleod explained: “Martin is a fabulous actor and Spider is a character with real heritage, and affection from fans. "His return heralds an enthralling new story for Toyah, who will be embroiled in a mess of guilt and secrecy when Spider arrives.

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 is set for dramatic scenes as Kelly Neelan discovers that her father Rick Neelan is dead. In new filming snaps, which were taken earlier this month, it sees Kelly, played by Millie Gibson, mourning at a graveside following Rick's funeral.