Coronation Street spoilers next week with shock collapse, new arrival exposing past and fresh exit

There's a new and unexpected arrival on the cobbles and the concern for Roy Cropper continues in Coronation Street next week. It starts as Billy Mayhew helps Paul Foreman dress for his radio interview with Amy Barlow and assures him he’ll smash it.

But when a cab arrives to take Paul and his mum Bernie to the interview, it’s obvious the car isn’t big enough for Paul’s wheelchair. Paul is left furious as the driver is rude and dismissive. They still make it but, as Amy conducts her radio interview with Paul, he talks passionately about his MND and society’s lack of regard for disability in general, but gets carried away and swears live on air.

Paul, Billy and his sister Gemma are blown away by the MND crowdfunder and are sure it will make the council sit up and take notice about the possible centre closure. Meanwhile, a man approaches Bernie outside the café, telling her he heard Paul on the radio and didn’t realise his son was dying.

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Bernie covers her shock and makes out Paul’s already dead and that the interview was a recording. But disbelieving her, Denny follows her up to the flat where Gemma and Paul are shocked to see their dad. When Denny remarks that Paul looks great for someone that’s supposedly dead, Bernie freezes in horror.

Later, Bernie lets off steam to Dev about Denny, secretly worried that Denny might blab about her past. Billy, meanwhile, reminds Paul that Denny used to knock him about when he was a kid and he’s not to be trusted but when Paul invites Denny to watch a film, Billy reluctantly leaves them to it.

Denny soon nips out