ITV Coronation Street teases returning relatives, couples in crisis and shocking secrets in Autumn storylines

August is here which means we're more than halfway through another year in soapland and it's fair to say Weatherfield hasn't been short of drama so far. But Coronation Street fans best brace themselves as the ITV soap has teased that family matters will dominate the coming months with returning relatives, couples in crisis and shocking secrets causing chaos on the cobbles.

The clock has been ticking for Gary Windass ever since he took in the teenage daughter of the man he murdered. Increasingly seeing Gary as a father figure, Kelly Neelan was left further indebted to Gary when he rescued her from the clutches of dad Rick’s shady associates in scenes aired in July.

But having witnessed how far Gary is willing to go to keep her safe, Kelly starts to wonder if he has crossed that line before. Meanwhile, Gary’s wife Maria continues to struggle with the unwanted online attention her council work has brought and Gary is determined to protect her. But Is Gary’s past about to catch up with him?

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Another resident is also keen to keep secrets from his previous life as he tries to build a new future for himself. Stu Carpenter has found friendship and family with Yasmeen, but as viewers are currently witnessing, when she tries to help him reconnect with his daughter she inadvertently starts a sequence of events that could see Stu's new life come crashing down on them all.

Elsewhere, the return of Audrey Roberts' prodigal son Stephen Reid came in the nick of time as her relationship with the rest of her family reached crisis point and resulted in a drunken Audrey being rescued from under a display motorbike in the barbers. Furious with