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Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Exit looms for Aadi in Coronation Street as he makes two major confessions
A couple of months ago actor Adam Hussain announced on his Instagram that he would soon be leaving Coronation Street and his role of Aadi Alahan. 'I guess the secrets out now!' he wrote. 'As some of you may have heard, I will be leaving Coronation Street for new pastures. 'Over the 5 years I've spent there I have learned so much about the world and the industry and now feel I am ready to spread my wings a little. I have made friends that will last a lifetime and will surely miss such a special family!' In recent weeks the path to his exit has been laid out, beginning with a party that went disastrously wrong. Aadi had been left in charge of his dad's business while Dev (Jimmi Harkishin) was away in India. Aadi was keen to step up and show that he has what it takes to be a young entrepreneur, but he was so focused on this task that he didn't have any social life. So Bernie (Jane Hazlegrove) suggested a party. Unfortunately things got out of hand when some of the party-goers took LSD, including Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton). She hadn't realised she was taking the drug and had a very bad reaction, hallucinating that she was being pursued by evil Joel Deering (Calum Lill). In her terror she fell and injured herself badly, ending up in hospital. Aadi felt guilty for being responsible for drugs being at the party and did what he could to help her. This has led to the two of them embarking on a romance – but if Lauren knew that Aadi was the cause of her being 'spiked' she'd be furious. It's not the only secret hanging over Aadi. It turned out that he'd over-estimated his readiness to step into Dev's shoes and made quite the mess of the shop's finances. He tried to fix this by getting Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) to stage a robbery, thinking the insurance would pay off the debt he'd accrued. Unfortunately one of the many things that Aadi had done wrong was to forget to pay the insurance premiums. Bernie soon worked out that Aadi was behind the 'robbery' and made him admit everything else. Not wanting there to be a rift between Dev and his son, Bernie has come up with a plan to sort Aadi's financial woes out. Dev has been given a large sum of money for his wedding to Bernie, so Bernie's plan is she'll get everything for the wedding on the cheap, falsify the receipts and the difference will pay off Aadi's debt, with Dev being none the wiser. With the wedding about to take place it's make or break time for this plan, and with Aunty Rani turning up in Weatherfield to keep an eye on the proceedings and how her money is being spent, Bernie's plan is proving trickier than she envisaged. Like any soap wedding, the big day itself is eventful, but eventually Bernie walks down the aisle on Kit (Jacob Roberts)'s arm as Dev waits expectantly. The magical moment is soon followed by total panic as Bernie collapses, struggling to breathe. Asha (Tanisha Gorey) rushes to give first aid as an ambulance is called. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! And things are looking bleak for Bernie when, later, Asha announces that Dev wants the family to gather at the hospital. More Trending In the wake of these shocks, Aadi is feeling guilty for the mistakes he's made and the stress he must have put on Bernie, and he gets drunk in Victoria Gardens. Lauren eventually tracks him down there and he decides he has to come clean about what happened at the party. And when Dev gets home, Aadi braces himself to tell his dad the truth about his mishandling of the business and the debts he piled up. View More » How will Dev react? Has Aadi burned all his bridges in Weatherfield? MORE: All 31 Coronation Street pictures for next week as major characters search for answers MORE: Wedding news for major Coronation Street couple as the big day grows near MORE: Major Coronation Street couple not getting back together as legend puts to bed reunion claims
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Coronation Street bride fights for life on wedding day and violent crime exposed
Coronation Street spoilers reveal a wedding takes a horrifying turn next week on the ITV soap, with the bride in a bad way while there's also another dark crime exposed There's worrying scenes ahead on Coronation Street, including a hospital dash, an outburst, and a possible arrest. Dev Alahan and Bernie Winter prepare to tie the knot, but disaster strikes. Bernie is left in a bad way, but will she be okay and will she make it down the aisle? There's exciting times ahead for Lisa Swain and Carla Connor, and a gesture from the former leads to smiles. One pair's fling continues, and comes under threat. There's more trouble for Theo Silverton and Todd Grimshaw, and soon there's a possible arrest amid a "violent crime". Then there's a new and surprising romance teased as two residents could find love. One character's secret could finally be exposed too, while one teen is struggling and there's a disturbing discovery about a child. Let's kick things off with the big wedding, as Dev enjoys his stag do, and Bernie's hen gets underway. Something at the stag leaves Bernie furious, and soon as the wedding arrives there's hiccup after hiccup. As her grandchildren fall ill, Bernie is mortified when she forgets her lucky charm locket containing a photo of her late son Paul Foremam. She races home to get it only to disturb a burglar. She seems to be okay though and heads back to the venue, where Debbie Webster has been keeping everyone entertained in her absence. So much so, there's cheers when Debbie sings a song for partner Ronnie Bailey and ends up proposing. Kit Green walks his mother Bernie down the aisle meanwhile, but just as she and Dev prepare to say their vows devastation strikes. Suddenly, Bernie struggles to breathe and collapses in front of her groom Dev. He watches on helpless as Bernie gasps for breath in a bad way, with her stepdaughter Asha Alahan, a paramedic, rushing to her aid. An ambulance is called as everyone panics, but will Bernie be okay and will the make it to the hospital in time? Soon Asha announces the family need to get to the hospital - has something happened? Also next week, Kit's son Brody continues to act out. As Kit is upset to hear about how bad his son's upbringing was with Mick and Lou, he wants to help and spends the day with him at a match. As this happens, Sally and Tim Metcalfe are shocked to discover that Brody's younger sister Joanie has old bruises on her arm and they feel duty bound to let social services know. What has happened to Joanie? Soon Brody is left taking his anger out on Kit's new flame Sarah Platt, but will he keep pushing his family away? Elsewhere, there's joyous scenes for Swarla fans, as Carla and Lisa get on with moving into their new home. Carla's nephew Ryan Connor is on hand to help pack up their flat ready for their new life a few doors down. But when he describes his new living arrangements and his weird flatmate, both Carla and Lisa feel sorry for him. As Carla and Lisa get on with the move, suddenly Ryan arrives carrying his rucksack with his belongings. Carla's confused, only for Lisa to tell her partner the good news that she's asked Ryan to move in with them and he's said yes. Carla is thrilled, touched by her partner's generosity with her and Ryan being so close. With that, Ryan is officially back in the household with the pair and Lisa's daughter Betsy Swain. Carla looks emotional as she thanks Lisa, with the pair holding hands and taking in the moment. Lisa realises just how much it means to Carla, as the pair move forward after tough times recently. Someone who could be left out in the cold next week is Aadi Alahan who is found knocking back booze in Victoria Gardens. Ignoring new flame Lauren Bolton's calls, she heads out to track Aadi down and he's clearly in a bad way. Aadi decides it is time to confess about what really happened at the party. When Dev and Bernie arrive home they are horrified as Aadi decides to come clean to them too - will this lead to his exit from the show? Also next week Carl Webster and Abi Franklin's affair is in full swing, as Abi fumes over her husband Kevin Webster's cancer lie. She heads out for passion with her brother-in-law, while Kevin knows full well he's losing his wife. Back at the hotel, Abi is shocked when she sees a message on Carl's phone from dodgy Fiona and Carl confesses he's been doing illegal MOTs amongst other dodgy deals at the garage. Back on the Cobbles, Debbie's revealed to have booked Abi and co a family holiday in Mallorca as a treat. But how will she react and will she go? She ends up spilling all to Kevin about the MOT scam only to realise he knew. Debbie urges her sister-in-law to think about things before ending her marriage, urging her to stay with Kevin. But a chat with Carl sees Abi realise Kevin has been lying to her, so will she be tempted to move on with Carl? As the week goes on it's clear the pair want to be together, continuing to meet up in secret but will they be rumbled? Also next week Tracy Barlow sparks suspicions, and it would appear Jenny Connor has the hots for George Shuttleworth who is looking for love after his split from Eileen Grimshaw. Finally next week, Theo and Todd consider moving in together, but Theo remains irritated by Todd's harmless antics at the stag do. When Todd spends time with Summer Spellman Theo has enough, and refuses to join them. Things get worse when a moment with drunken Aadi leads to the latter falling and hitting his head, and Theo gets the blame. As the police reveal there's been a report of an incident at the precinct and he needs to answer some questions, Theo is led away to the station as seen by Billy Mayhew. 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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Corrie's Jane Hazlegrove: 'My wife and I still face homophobia every day - but I just smile'
With another wedding on the Cobbles next week as Bernie Winter ties the knot with corner shop owner Dev Alahan, actress Jane is celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary with wife Isobel Middleton - something the couple thought would never be possible Even after meeting the love of her life, Coronation Street actress Jane Hazlegrove never imagined she'd ever tie the knot. Jane and fellow actress Isobel Middleton fell in love after a chance meeting 30 years ago. But with same-sex weddings outlawed in Britain, their own big day seemed an impossible dream. Now the couple are preparing to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary and Jane admits it's a day she could never have hoped for when she was younger. 'I love a wedding, but I never thought that I'd actually get to have my own big party, full of all the people that I love and lots of laughter,' she says. 'It was a beautiful thing and a bit of a shock. I still can't believe it and I'm so proud that we've done it and I'm so proud of my love for Isobel. It's my greatest achievement, regardless of the career. 'I just can't believe that I'm allowed to love this woman and live the life that I live without being persecuted and hounded. Yes, you still meet homophobia every day, but I just smile at the homophobes and try to educate them and lead from the front.' Jane joined Coronation Street in 2019 as chaotic Bernie Winter, the mother of twins Gemma and Paul. And as she prepares to mark her own wedding anniversary, she's about to enjoy a screen wedding too, as Bernie ties the knot with corner shop owner Dev Alahan. In the world of soap however, weddings rarely go according to plan. And with Bernie and Dev's big day no exception, it remains to be seen whether the happy couple actually get to say 'I do'. Firstly, Bernie's grandchildren, the quads, fall ill and have to watch the wedding with their brother Joseph on a live stream. Then Bernie forgets her lucky charm locket, but when she runs home from the bistro to get it, she disturbs a burglar. 'Everything goes wrong,' Jane laughs. 'First the quads fall ill and can't attend, and then when she gets to the wedding, she develops an allergy and collapses. It's pretty serious. She can't breathe and she's taken away to hospital in an ambulance.' While Jane can't give away whether Bernie gets her happily-ever-after, she can reveal what her character wears for her big day - and in typical Bernie-style, it's far from conventional. 'I'm mad about the singer Elkie Brookes,' Jane explains. 'I adore her and have done since I was a nipper. 'It was Elkie's birthday just before we started filming my screen wedding and I was watching a load of stuff about her on television on the Old Grey Whistle Test. She was wearing a rather fabulous kaftan and I thought, 'that's got to be Bernie's wedding dress'. 'So, I went down to our brilliant costume department and said: 'Can I please look like Elkie Brookes on acid?' and that's what we've come up with! 'The dress is white and it's a bit Demis Roussos as well, so anybody who remembers the 1970s is going to watch it and go, 'oh my good Lord!' It's exactly what I wanted and it looks brilliant. I'm really chuffed with what the costume department have come up with - they've done a brilliant job.' Jane, who grew up in Manchester, began acting at a young age and made her TV debut at 13 in the Yorkshire TV series The Book Tower. Then in the 1980s, when she was 16, she joined Coronation Street as teenager Sue Clayton, staying in the show for a year. Since then, she has worked on a host of other TV series, most notably Casualty, where she spent eight years as paramedic Kathleen Dixon. She was thrilled to return to the cobbles 34 years as off-the-wall café worker Bernie, a character who has divided viewers, with many shocked over her poor mothering skills to Gemma, Paul and long-lost son Kit. But Jane insists that Bernie's pairing with Dev has changed her. 'Bernie and Dev are chalk and cheese, but he's just incredibly kind to her and I don't think Bernie has had a lot of kindness from men over the years,' she explains. 'Their relationship is not without problems, because she acts so impulsively through her heart and eventually it gets up to her brain, and he's the opposite. He's a great big deep thinker, so it shouldn't work on paper, but it does.' Jane, 56, and Isobel, 58, live in Derbyshire where Jane enjoys spending time walking in the Derbyshire hills and indulging her passion for classic cars. 'I've got a 1969 MGC. She's lovely - driving her makes me very happy,' she smiles. 'I've had her for 18 years. I called her Lulu because Lulu was No 1 when she came off the conveyor belt.' The couple met in 1995 when Jane starred in the sell-out play Boom Bang-a-Bang at London's Bush Theatre. 'It was directed by Kathy Burke and loads of big television people came to see it,' she recalls. 'Isobel came to see it one night and we started chatting afterwards.' The couple became civil partners in 2010. Jane recalls: 'Same-sex marriage wasn't allowed for many years because we were two women, so we had a civil partnership. 'We held it on a boat in Bristol – it was amazing – I was all dressed up and wore a really nice frock. 'We decided to do it because Isobel had been unwell. She was in London and I was in Bristol working on Casualty, and I wasn't allowed to know anything about what was going on with her operations and hospital treatment. I was just seen as her friend, even though we'd been lovers for ten years. They weren't allowed to tell me. So, we did the civil partnership because we thought, 'no-one can touch us then'. 'The wedding was five years later at a Bristol register office. I didn't want to do it originally. I didn't want to do it just because the government now said we could. I've never been part of a gang, I like to think of myself as being someone who doesn't conform. 'So, we didn't tell anybody, we just went and did it ourselves. All we had to do was take a gas bill and upgrade! Really romantic! We then invited six friends around for a curry.' Jane feels strongly that gay men and women around the world should enjoy the same rights and happiness as she does, and she is a passionate member of All Out, a global political campaign group fighting for LGBT+ rights around the world. 'Gay Pride was banned in Hungary this year,' she says. 'Visibility is key. There are so many men and women like me who can't be with their loved ones, because somebody has decided that it's unacceptable. That's just abhorrent.' While Jane has made her name at Coronation Street, wife Isobel works on the other side of the Pennines in Emmerdale, where she plays village detective DI Roberts. But she has also appeared on the cobbles too, in a cameo as feminist author Persephone Braxton, who held a book launch in Roy's Rolls in 2022. 'I wanted to come in and be her chaperone for the day, but she was having none of it,' Jane recalls with a laugh. 'She was in the café chatting with Ken Barlow and there was a fight when Tracy comes in and catches him with his mistress. 'I wasn't in work that day unfortunately. Probably just as well, I don't think her character would have liked Bernie very much!'
Metro
2 days ago
- Health
- Metro
Anne Nolan, 74, emotional about 'sisters who didn't survive'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Anne Nolan has spoken about losing her late sisters as she opens up about becoming cancer-free. Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Monday morning, Anne shared the exciting news that she is officially cancer-free after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in 2020. The former singer from The Nolans told Ed Balls and Charlotte Hawkins that after hearing the good news, she immediately thought of her sisters who had died. Linda Nolan died in January at the age of 65, and Bernie Nolan died in 2013 at the age of 52, both from breast cancer. 'It's been very traumatic. When I received the letter a few weeks ago, I picked it up, and it said NHS, and I thought, 'Oh I don't want to know, I'm not sure if I want to know if it's bad news'. 'And I put it aside for about ten minutes, and after a while, my logical brain kicked in and said, 'You have to find out, you need to know. 'I opened it and it was all good news, and I had a bit of a weep at the beginning. I feel lucky, blessed, relieved, and then emotional thinking about my sisters having gone through the same thing but not surviving.' She then spoke about her own cancer journey, which has been going on for five years. 'I rang the bell five years ago after I finished my chemo, but then you have another five years before you're actually told that the cancer is no, it hasn't come back. 'Yeah, I had a mammogram every year for five years, and the last one was in May this year. But I did think about Linda at the time and Bernie as well. Bernie is like Bernie has been gone now about 12 years. She added that she's sure Linda is looking down on her, thinking 'thank goodness.' She reflected that although she and Linda had been diagnosed with cancer around the same time, Linda did not survive the ordeal. 'Linda received her diagnosis about a week after me, actually, and we went through it together during Covid.' She then reminisced on this time together: 'Linda and I were there to support each other. We had our chemo together. She was the one who called us the chemo sisters. She was always in a good mood, always happy and kept me going because I had, I had a bad time during my chemo, and it was great to have her support. 'And then when her cancer spread, she didn't survive.' This interview comes after the star announced the news publicly just a few days ago. On social media, she shared a long message with fans: 'Now, five years later, I'm overjoyed to share that my latest results show I am cancer free.' In an interview with The Mirror, she shared that she immediately thought of her sisters who had died from cancer. More Trending 'Although I was absolutely thrilled, I did think about them,' she said. 'I didn't feel guilty because it's nothing to do with me but I did feel sad that they weren't as lucky as I was. It's an emotional thing for me to think about them not surviving and then I did survive. But that's just the luck of the draw.' She added that she now is ready to seize life and 'grab everything with both hands.' 'When you've had a life-threatening disease and you've lost two sisters then it brings it all to the forefront,' she said. 'It makes you value life. You grab everything with both hands. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I say yes straight away. When you come through it and you're at the other end and you think, well I didn't die and I'm alive and I'm gonna live every day.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: I had a Commodore Amiga as a kid and this is not the gaming future I imagined – Reader's Feature MORE: Legendary TV star 'helps police arrest real-life criminal' MORE: Lego Game Boy is so accurate even the advert is the same
ITV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Till Dev Do Us Part!
Love is in the air for the residents of Weatherfield next week when Dev Alahan and Bernie Winter prepare to tie the knot in one of the most colourful weddings the Street has seen. But the celebrations are not without their fair share of drama, including stag party shenanigans, a burglary, surprise proposal, shock collapse and a hospital dash midway through the ceremony. The week starts with the stag and hen parties. Having saved money buying cheap suits for Dev and Aadi, Bernie is having a low key hen do in the bistro when word reaches the hens that the boys have hired a pole dancer at the Rovers. A furious Bernie storms into the Rovers to find the stags cheering on the pole dancer, but is all as it seems? As the big day dawns on Wednesday (August 6th) Dev and Bernie's dream wedding goes from bad to worse when the quads fall ill and have to watch with Joseph on live stream, Bernie forgets her lucky charm locket containing the photo of Paul and when she runs home to get it she disturbs a burglar. Meanwhile the restless guests back at the Bistro are entertained by a song from Debbie Webster who surprises Ronnie with a proposal, will he accept? After such an eventful start to the day the guests take their seats for the main event and a glowing Bernie walks down the aisle towards Dev to make their vows. With the service about to start, Dev and Bernie share loving looks, but suddenly Bernie struggles to breathe and collapses in front of a shocked Dev. Is the dramatic day about to end in tragedy or will Bernie and Dev tie the knot? Jane Hazlegrove said: 'The day goes from bad to worse! That's what is so brilliant about Coronation Street, you don't know what you're going to get until you open the page of the script and that's what is so fantastic about how it plays out – we've got this woman raving down the aisle and the next minute she's collapsed and an ambulance is on its way!' Jane also revealed that she had a hand in the design of Bernie's unconventional wedding dress. She said: 'I knew that Bernie wouldn't go down the road of wearing a traditional dress. I had seen some old footage of Elkie Brookes on TV and she was wearing a kaftan. I am a big fan of Elkie so that was the initial inspiration, but this is for Bernie so it needed to be a bit extra. Our fantastic talented costume department came up with the 1970s style white dress that is a bit Elkie Brookes, a bit Demis Roussos and very Bernie Winter.'
