ITV Coronation Street's Daniel Brocklebank details tragic link to new storyline as he feared it triggering own loss

Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has shared how he was concerned that his own personal loss would be triggered as his character is set to lose his partner Paul Foreman. It has been revealed but the ITV soap that Paul, played by Peter Ash, will be diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).

Fans have been concerned for Paul ever since he was accidentally knocked over by Carla Connor in her Underworld van after unknowingly being drugged with LSD by Stephen Reid. And after multiple trips to the GP, in scenes to air Friday night (March 24), viewers will be referred to a specialist before, in early April, he is given the devastating news that it is very likely he has MND.

The diagnosis will then be confirmed later in the month. MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not usually affect the senses such as sight, sound and feeling but it can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe.

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Viewers will see Paul keeping the diagnosis from his partner Billy Mayhew and his family, confiding only in his flatmate Dee Dee Bailey. The storyline will then follow the progression of the disease as Paul initially deals with the illness alone and eventually has to break the news to his loved ones.

And Dan, who has played Billy in Corrie since 2014, has had his own personal experience of MND, a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not