Next week, Weatherfield will be rocked as Carla Connor and her family face a terrifying ordeal when her brother, Rob Donovan, makes an unexpected return.
On the run from the law, his reappearance will send shockwaves through the cobbles. Meanwhile, Tracy Barlow is on a mission for revenge, determined to make
Cassie Plummer pay for drugging her father, Ken Barlow. The drama escalates when an arrest is made following the recent hit-and-run incident involving David Platt and Daisy Midgley.
Monday, March 10, brings heightened tension as the community reels from the shocking hit-and-run. Lisa Swain panics when she realizes her daughter Betsy never came home, only to later find her returning with a hangover. Lisa warns her about the dangers of being out alone while Rob Donovan is at large, but Betsy brushes it off—only to later notice that Rob is following her. Meanwhile, Yasmeen Nazir bids an emotional farewell to Coronation Street after a decade, as her granddaughter, Alya, moves forward with her business venture by selling her stake in Speed Daal. However, could her new partnership be doomed from the start?
Elsewhere, Eileen Grimshaw becomes suspicious when she catches her sister, Julie Carp, discussing funeral arrangements with George Shuttleworth. Pressing for answers, Eileen demands to know the truth—is Julie hiding a devastating secret about her health?
By Wednesday, March 12, Lisa drops a bombshell on Carla, revealing that police believe a body found near the hospital could be Rob’s. Has the nightmare finally ended for Carla? Meanwhile, Tracy is delighted when Jenny Connor fires Cassie from the pub, but her joy is short-lived. After her partner, Tommy Orpington, announces he’s taking a coaching job in Southampton, Tracy is left fuming. To make matters worse, the fallout from Andy Garland’s arrest shakes the community as he insists the crash was an accident caused by drunken recklessness.
On Friday, March 14, Ken Barlow heads to the Lakes, leaving Tracy furious that he’s ignoring Cassie despite everything she’s done. Unwilling to let Cassie walk away unpunished, Tracy takes matters into her own hands. She corners Cassie and hands her a bag of pills—will Cassie, a recovering addict, succumb to temptation? Meanwhile, David Platt makes a desperate plea to his grandmother, Audrey Roberts, as he faces the consequences of his entanglement with dangerous criminal Harvey Gaskell. After embezzling Harvey’s money and endangering his family, David sees only one way out of his dire situation.
Tragedy looms as David orchestrates a shocking plan, arranging for Andy Garland to kill Harvey while making it look like an accident. However, his scheme spirals out of control when Daisy Midgley, fleeing the pub in distress, unexpectedly crosses his path. In a heart-stopping moment, David pushes Daisy out of the way, taking the full impact of an oncoming car. Will David survive the ordeal, or has his reckless plan cost him everything?