Coronation Street's Henry star shares huge life change since last cobbles stint and 'whirlwind' return

Coronation Street returnee Geroge Banks has shared one of the huge real-life changes that have happened since he last appeared on the cobbles. The actor was seen making his first appearance back in the ITV soap on Friday (August 4) as he reprised the role of Henry Newton.

Henry is the grandson of former Newton & Ridley director Cecil Newton and he and his father, Phillip, are being roped in to potentially save the Rovers Return after landlady Jenny Connor admitted that the pub's finances are in dire straights and with pushback from the locals on price hikes, she's had to reluctantly widen her options.

Viewers may remember Henry from his last stint in Weatherfield five years ago. Henry previously took a shine to Gemma Winter-Brown when they met at a house party in 2017. But at the time, Gemma pretend to be someone she wasn't until an intrigued Henry arrived in Weatherfield looking for her.

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The pair ended up attending Chesney Brown and Sinead Tinker's wedding. But after constant snide remarks, she dumped him on the spot but he later won her round. However, Chesney overheard Henry talking to his friend Hugo Crowhurst during a double date at the Bistro while Hugo was laughing about how fiery Gemma was and how he was going to win the bet.

This led him to realise Henry was only Gemma as part of a cruel bet to humiliate her. After being told what was going on, Gemma dumped three plates of food over Henry’s head before congratulating Hugo on winning the bet. But now the pair have been seen back together for the first time since then as she started working for him amid her shifts being cut at the Rovers.

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