Devastating Roy Cropper twist as Coronation Street favourite is declared dead in new spoilers
The mystery of Lauren Bolton’s (Cait Fitton) disappearance from Coronation Street takes another grim turn next week, as new spoilers reveal a collapse for beloved and wrongly accused Roy Cropper (David Neilson).
As the café king desperately tries to piece together the fragments of memories he has around the last times he saw Lauren, things become overwhelming and he is rushed to hospital.
However, he remains determined to get to the truth, in the hope that he can clear his name and avoid further dangerous incidents in prison.
Speaking of drastic downturns in health, Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) thinks on her feet – badly – and tells Paul Foreman’s (Peter Ash) deadbeat dad that his son is dead.
However, Donny and Paul eventually come face to face but, after spending time together, Donny leaves Paul to his own devices.
Paul is then left in serious danger as a coughing fit leaves him struggling to breathe…
Monday April 29
When Roy calls the café hoping to speak to Nina, Shona passes the phone to Carla and Carla hangs up, making out it was a dodgy line and hurries out. In his prison cell, Roy has another flashback of Lauren approaching the cafe counter with Max, but can’t work out what’s significant about their conversation.
When a prison officer bangs on the door, a frustrated Roy loses his chain of thought. In the factory, Bobby tells Carla that he reckons Roy must have kept quiet about the false statement or the police would have come knocking by now.
In the visiting room, Nina explains to the prison officer that she’s waiting for Roy Cropper and as the officer lets himself into Roy’s cell, he finds him collapsed on the floor.
Billy helps Paul dress for his radio interview and assures him he’ll smash it. A cab arrives to take Paul and Bernie to the interview and it’s obvious the car isn’t big enough for Paul’s wheelchair.
Paul is left furious as the driver is rude and dismissive. 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.
In the cab office, an upbeat Steve tells Tim that since he joined the new dating site Abi recommended, he’s had three matches. In the café, Steve shows Abi and Kevin a picture of Maggie, a potential date, and as Kevin makes sexist remarks, Abi storms out in a huff.
A delighted Steve tells Tim that Maggie has agreed to meet him for lunch in the Bistro.
Leanne tells Nick that thanks to Rowan, she’s had a great idea for the bistro and they should do pop-up stalls to broaden their market. At the mention of Rowan, Nick bristles.
Nick reveals Leanne’s plans to expand the business and asks Toyah if she’d manage the bistro in the meantime but Nick’s left disappointed when Toyah turns him down.
Alya calls at the solicitors for a client file to find Adam struggling with the admin. When Adam suggests they pull out of the joint work they’re doing with Fabian’s, Dee-Dee accuses him of being petty, orders him to suck it up and get on with the filing.
Wednesday May 1
Paul, Billy and Gemma are blown away by the MND crowdfunder, 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. Bernie covers her shock and makes out Paul’s already dead and the interview was a recording.
But disbelieving 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.
A nervous Steve meets up with internet date Carole in the Rovers, but he’s thrown to discover she’s brought three friends with her. Aurora invites Tim to join them and refuses to take no for an answer.
When Sally calls at the pub and spots Tim with a drunken woman, giggling like a school boy, how will she react?
Mary visits a desolate Roy in hospital. When Roy reveals that he keeps trying to remember the details of a conversation he overheard between Max and Lauren as he feels sure it’s of significance, Mary urges him not to give up as it’ll come to him eventually.
When Nina reveals that the police are going to film a reconstruction in the café of Lauren’s last known movements, Amy offers to mention it on her radio show to raise awareness.
Rich and Alya arrive for their meeting with Adam. Adam’s taken aback to learn that Alya’s going to work in Dublin. Adam hands them a summary of the case, determined to impress Alya. Gary and Maria discuss private therapy for Liam, with Gary suggesting they sell the factory to fund it. Liam listens in deeply troubled.
Friday May 3
Bernie lets off steam to Dev about Denny, secretly worried that Denny might blab about her past. Billy 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 nips out for ice cream leaving Paul alone in the flat. He bumps into Gemma and begs her to let him meet his grandchildren. Alone in the flat, Paul has a coughing fit and struggles to breathe.
He calls for an ambulance but when the operator answers, he drops the phone. Denny returns and is shocked to find Paul barely conscious.
Meanwhile Dev finds Bernie rifling through a shoebox of old letters and photos. When Dev wonders what she’s looking for, Bernie’s uneasy.
As Adam and Alya work together on the joint case, they share a smile but then quickly look away. Finally Adam admits his feelings to Alya and the pair kiss, just as Rich calls at the office to find them in a clinch.
A downbeat Steve tells Amy he’s had enough of dating apps, but he quickly changes his tune when he sees a message from Demi.
As Steve prepares for his date he tells Amy that he’s convinced Demi’s the one. Steve meets up with Demi in the Rovers and they hit it off immediately.
Liam googles ways to deal with anxiety, searching diazepam. When Joseph arrives for the judo class, Liam’s glad of some company.
Roy calls Dee-Dee from prison and tells her about Lauren’s necklace and how if they can trace where it’s from, they might be able to trace her mystery boyfriend.