Poor Rosie Webster, even a young girl as stupid as her doesn’t deserve to be left alone in a dirty attic wondering if she will live or die, but that’s exactly where she has been for the last week or two after being kidnapped by a mystery villain.

Many people suspect ex boyfriend John Stape, but after Rosie revealed Carla and Liam’s secret it wouldn’t be at all surprising if murderous Tony had locked Rosie up until his plan to murder Liam had come to fruition.

A Coronation Street insider told the Daily Star Sunday: “Rosie was the one who showed Tony the footage of Carla and Liam so he would benefit most from her being out of the way as she provides him with a motive for murder.

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Corrie’s teenage bad boy David Platt returns to his criminal old ways later this year when he takes his girlfriend Tina for a spin in a stolen sports car.

The troublesome teen gets Tina to take go for a ride in an Audi TT with him but it turns out that the car has been nicked by their new pal Graeme – played by Craig Gazey – who David was banged up with in the Young Offenders Institution.

The scenes are currently being filmed for the ITV soap and will be shown later this year.

Actress Poppy Jhakra is soon joining the cast of Coronation Street as ‘a tearaway’ in a bid by the show’s bosses to make the soap reflect Manchester’s ethnic mix.

The 23 year old actress will play Minnie, a kebab shop worker with an uncontrollable temper which she demonstrates by covering a customer in chilli sauce.

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Boyzone singer, Keith Duffy, has revealed that he can see himself returning to ITV soap, Coronation Street in the future.

Keith starred as Rovers barman Ciaran McCarthy between 2003 and 2005, and told ITV.com that he would love to return to the soap at some stage.

“The character was never killed off,” he said. “They left it open for me maybe one day going back. I’m still quite close to the producers in Corrie, in fact I went and visited them there not so long ago while Boyzone was in Manchester, and they gave me a very nice little welcome back. So one day!”

Duffy also hinted at the fact that his character may return as a gay man, I bet Sean will be glad!

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Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has told her boyfriend to commit to her properlyor face being dumped.

Kym has been dating Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas for four months but the couple have reportedly been arguing a lot recently, including one very public row at a party last month.

According to Now, a source close to the couple commented that the two are not seeing eye to eye.

“He’s told her to stop being so paranoid, but she’s feeling insecure and just can’t help herself,” said the source.

“Jamie doesn’t do as he’s told. He’s not a lapdog and it means Kym has to get used to not having it all her own way. She’s even been checking his phone, but found nothing. She told friends that she thought she was well within her rights.”

Maybe the Steve-Becky storyline has made her more suspicious in real-life too.

Liam Connor is to be murdered on next weeks Coronation Street and Corrie bosses have written up three different endings in order to keep the storyline under wraps.

One will see Tony Gordon luring Liam to his new apartment development before pushing him off the top, another will see Liam being knocked down by Tony’s car and dying in his arms, the third ending will see Liam and Tony competing in a paintball game at Tony’s stag day. During the match Tony will pull a real gun and shoot his love rival.

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This is a story of political correctness gone mad! Last week Tony Gordon in Coronation Street insulted Glasgow Rangers….God forbid!!! So after receiving numerous complaints from Ranger supporters, Corrie bosses have rewritten future scripts so as not to p**s them off again.

One of the character’s lines in a future episode read : “warm beer, the English national anthem and Glasgow Rangers” - but this has now been dropped.

A Corrie spokewoman said: “Both comments were in keeping with the character of Tony Gordon.

“But we have to bear in mind that it does seem to have caused some upset so the decision was made to take the line out.

“It doesn’t compromise the drama of the episode and if it did then the line definitely wouldn’t have been taken out.”

I didn’t think that a group of burly football fans would have been so easily offended or so hyper sensitive that they can’t even hear a fictional character express a dislike for their team.

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Coronation Street actor, Michale Le Vell (aka Kevin Webster) has admitted that he felt perverted looking at recent saucy pictures of his on screen daugher, Helen Flanagan.

Michael told The Sun: “I couldn’t believe it when I saw those pictures of Helen.

“They were everywhere! In every paper she was staring back at you wearing that basque and knickers. I felt perverted looking at them - I’ve known her since she was a small child.

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Coronation Street stars Anthony Cotton, Samia Smith, Anne Kirkbride, Sam Aston and Michelle Keegan have all signed new year long contracts with the ITV soap.

According to The Sun we can expect to see much more of Smith (Maria Connor), Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) and Cotton (Sean Tully) over the next year as all have been promised new high profile storylines.

“Samia has had a hectic year as Maria and there are plenty more storylines to come,” said a source.

“After Liam’s murder she has to bring his baby into the world alone, and there’s heartbreak and joy lined up for her character.

“And Deirdre has a big role to play when husband Ken’s son Peter turns up next month and dumps his five-year-old son on them. His return causes real friction in the Barlow household.” Read more & comment »

Coronation Street bosses have revealed the new family that will be replacing The Mortons on the street later this year.

The Windass family, including mum Donna (Debbie Rush) and dad Eddie (Steve Huison), will move into Number 6 Coronation Street once the Mortons move out.

A source told The Sun: “It’s a tricky business to write in a new family — they have to fit in with the rest of the cast and characters and that can be difficult. But we’ve got high hopes for the Windass family.” Read more & comment »

Coronation bosses have given the Rovers Return a refit to ready it for a big fight scene which will air tonight.

The fight arises when barmaid Becky finds out that her boyfriend Jason Platt is planning to fly to Italy to reunite with his ex, Sarah Platt.

Becky’s explosive temper comes to the surface and Jason is going to wish that he had just eloped quietly.

“Bar fittings have been replaced with breakaway look-a-likes,” an insider told The Sun. “Any sharp edges or hard surfaces around the fight area have been padded or removed.”

The source added: “We don’t want anyone getting hurt but we do want the scenes to be eye-poppingly realistic. It’s all going to look like a movie sequence.”

Coronation Street will take on a 24 style format as they deal with the murder of Liam Connor over five episodes of the show.

The shows will remain in their usual time slots but will follow the last 24 hours of Liam’s life before he is murdered by Tony Gordon. Read more & comment »

Police were called out by worried neighbours when they heard screaming coming from a remote farmhouse.

What these concerned citizens didn’t realise was that the house was actually being used as a set for an upcoming storyline in which John Stape holds Rosie Webster captive for a number of weeks.

A Coronation Street spokesman confirmed the incident, adding: “We apologise to anyone unduly concerned. Due to the nature of the scenes, which are extremely dramatic, they did require Helen to scream very loudly.”

There’s so much going on in Corrie at the moment – both on screen and off – we thought we’d bring you a round up of the latest gossip and goings on from the cobbles but be warned, this article contains info about upcoming storylines so if you don’t like spoilers, don’t read on!

To start with, I suppose it was inevitable, but I’m saddened/horrified to hear that Coronation Street actor Ian Reddington – who plays loser in love Vernon – plans to release his on-screen ballad ‘Don’t Fall Into The Mason’s Arms’ and hopes it’ll be a Christmas number one. Oh god; come back Cliff, all is forgiven.

Earlier this month, Vernon Tomlin hoped to win back the heart of his blonde bomb site wife Liz by wooing her with the song which referred to her infatuation with bookie Harry Mason and his hope that she wouldn’t ‘fall into his arms’. It’s not his arms you wanna worry about her falling into or on Vern, but actually, there’ll be nothing of him to present any danger as of next month because both he and his odious son Dan are offski. Read more & comment »

Corrie’s Vernon Tomlin has recently been seen leaving Coronation Street, on his way to London where he expects to make his name as a songwriter extraorinaire. Off screen it seems like things are working out for actor Ian Reddington too, as he is tipped to release the Corrie track in time for Christmas.

Vernon’s song, (Don’t Fall Into) The Mason’s Arms, was supposedly written for his estranged wife Liz MacDonald and speaking of its success, Reddington told The Mirror: “I’ve been blown away by the response to the song, which was written by Street scriptwriters. Read more & comment »