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List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 2010

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2010, by order of first appearance.

Enid Crump
Enid Crump, played by June Broughton, arrives on the Street to confront Betty Williams (Betty Driver) as Betty celebrates her 90th birthday and a reporter writes an article stating that she is the oldest barmaid in the North West. That is until Enid arrives and claims her title to the throne, as she is 91. After Enid contracts food poisoning, Betty is in great fear as Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) tells her that the hot pot, which he served her, was found at the back of the fridge, but he did not know that it was two months old. Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) makes enquiries and finds out that Enid's illness is attributable to drinking too much, much to Betty and Steve's relief. In 2011 Betty finds out in the newspaper that Enid has died of a rare liver disease. ==Jane Kenworthy==
Jane Kenworthy
Jane Kenworthy is played by Annie Fitzmaurice. Jane and her husband Mark (Jason Furnival) greet Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) and Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) when the latter couple stay at a cottage in the Lake District. Later that night, Jane and Mark see Gail and Joe in a heated argument on Joe's boat. Jane and her husband go on holiday and when they return and learn that Joe has been killed, they go to the police to tell their story. This is the last straw for the police and they arrest Gail for Joe's death. On 26 March, Gail's son David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and his friend Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey) drive to the Lake District and pretend to be interested in purchasing the Kenworthys' boat. When Jane and Mark meet them, David reveals who he actually is and begins trying to convince them of his mother's innocence. Jane and Mark feel threatened by David and Mark calls the police. ==Mark Kenworthy==
Mark Kenworthy
Mark Kenworthy is portrayed by Jason Furnival. Mark and his wife Jane (Annie Fitzmaurice) greet Joe (Reece Dinsdale) and Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) when the latter couple stay at a cottage in the Lake District. Later that night, Jane and Mark see Gail and Joe in a heated argument on Joe's boat. Mark and his wife go on holiday and when they return and learn that Joe has been killed, they go to the police to tell their story. This is the last straw for the police and they arrest Gail for Joe's death. On 26 March, Gail's son David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and his friend Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey) drive to the Lake District and pretend to be interested in purchasing the Kenworthys' boat. When Jane and Mark meet them, David reveals who he actually is and begins trying to convince them of his mother's innocence. Jane and Mark feel threatened by David and Mark calls the police. ==Grishma Parekh==
Grishma Parekh
Grishma Parekh, portrayed by Indira Joshi, is the aunt of Sunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati) who comes to stay with her sister Upma. Sunita's ex-husband Dev (Jimmi Harkishin) welcomes the women pretending that he and Sunita are still happily married, as Sunita does not want them to learn that she is, in fact, a single mother. She returned once again on 6 June 2011 to stay with Dev and Sunita. The couple then confess to their lies that they are now divorced and that they are currently living in a small house and that Dev is now owning a corner shop. After this, this made Grishma and Upma feel that Sunita has put shame on their family and so pursues to find her a good husband. They first pursue doctor Matt Carter (Oliver Mellor), but Sunita stops them. They secondly move on Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), but he is not interested. They then finally move on to Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou), until they discover that he is gay, much to their embarrassment. She left for India with Upma on 20 June. In April 2013, upon Sunita's death in The Rovers Return fire, Dev revealed that Grishma and Upma would not be attending her funeral, falsely believing she had – in starting the fire, killing herself and another person – disgraced the family. ==Quinny==
Quinny
Luke "Quinny" Quinn is an army friend of Gary Windass (Mikey North) portrayed by boxer Stephen Bell. He first appears on screen on 19 February 2010. He and Gary go to the Rovers where Quinny chats up Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan). The next day, the two go out looking for girls again. The mood is dampened; however, when Quinny discovers that his brother, also in the army, has been injured in a roadside bombing. He vows to continue fighting. The news makes Gary's mother Anna (Debbie Rush) even more worried about her son's career choice. The character reappears on 6 September 2010, as he accompanies Gary when he comes back to Weatherfield for a visit. He again attempts to woo Rosie Webster to no avail. He and Gary have a candid conversation about their impending service in Afghanistan and agree to tell one another's parents if either of them is killed on duty. On 15 November 2010, an army officer turns up at the Windasses to inform them that Gary has been injured in an explosion. The officer also informs them that three were killed, including Quinny. Quinny appears in a special one-off episode entitled ''Coronation Street: Gary's Army Diaries'' broadcast on ITV2 on 31 January 2011. The episode focuses on his and Gary's experiences in Afghanistan through the eyes of Windasses' Camcorder. ==D.C. Ben Glynn==
D.C. Ben Glynn
}} Detective Sergeant Ben Glynn (also Detective Constable Glynn) is a police officer investigating the death of Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) alongside D.S Carr (Joe Duttine). Both men believe that Joe was murdered and they believe that his wife Gail (Helen Worth) killed him. However, Joe killed himself accidentally in a boating accident while trying to fake his own death. The detectives are seen a lot around Weatherfield, particularly when questioning Gail about his death. They also question Joe's former employer, Bill Webster (Peter Armitage) who tells them about his financial problems and also question the staff at the medical centre where Joe had broken into the following year while addicted to painkillers. When Joe's daughter Tina (Michelle Keegan) starts to suspect Gail, she calls the police and Carr and Glynn arrest her during Joe's wake. The detectives question her at the police station and she is later charged with Joe's murder. When Gail's son David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) approaches two witnesses to the case, Glynn and Carr warn him that he may face a prison sentence himself. Glynn reappears when it is revealed that he and Carr are working with Gail's cellmate Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) to try to get more information out of Gail. After Gail is found not guilty of the murder charge, both Glynn and Carr inform Tracy of the verdict, bringing an end to her hopes of a transfer to an open prison. Glynn reappears seven years later when Ken Barlow (William Roache) is attacked and arrests and questions Ken's grandson, Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) who is a suspect. After being convinced Adam is not the culprit, he and his colleague DS MacKinnon pursue Ken's adoptive daughter, Tracy, as a new suspect. After an escaped Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) confirms Tracy's whereabouts, all charges a dropped. Glynn then questions Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn) and later Ken's son Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard), whose alibi does not stand as the tram ticket he gave Glynn and McKinnon do not correspond. He tells them that his story was true but he threw his real ticket away and gave them a substitution to save questioning. Daniel is then released. Several says later, Glynn and McKinnon re-arrest Adam after Ken recalls Adam's trainers from that night. After Daniel confesses, he is arrested but Ken tells the police that he tripped and fell. As it is unclear to the police which version of events to believe, both Adam and Daniel are released. When Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) comes to the police to take down Harvey Gaskell's (Will Mellor) drug ring, he informs her that she may be charged with dealing drugs. He informs Leanne that the police have been watching the gang for a long time. Glynn then asks her to get more evidence on them, so that the police can charge them. ==D.S. Carr==
D.S. Carr
Detective Sergeant Carr is a police officer investigating the death of Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) alongside D.C. Glynn (Philip Rowson). Both men believe Joe was murdered and they believe that his wife Gail (Helen Worth) killed him. However, Joe killed himself accidentally in a boat accident while trying to fake his own death. The detectives are seen a lot around Weatherfield, especially when questioning Gail about the death. They also question Joe's employer Bill Webster (Peter Armitage) who tells them about Joe's financial problems and the staff at the medical centre. When Joe's daughter Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) starts to suspect Gail, she calls the police and Carr and Glynn arrest her during Joe's wake. They question Gail at the police station and Carr charges her with Joe's murder. Carr later warns Gail's son David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) when he approaches two witnesses to the case and tells him that he risked a prison sentence himself. Carr reappears on 14 May 2010 when it is revealed that both he and Glynn are working with Gail's cellmate Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) to try and extract a confession out of Gail. Both he and Glynn are present at Gail's trial where she is eventually acquitted. Afterwards they both inform Tracy of the verdict, quashing her hopes of being moved to an open prison. Carr subsequently returns Joe's boat and belongings to Gail and her family, much to their indignation, as the court has ordered the return of all Joe's property. ==Dave Bonsall==
Dave Bonsall
Dave Bonsall is the administrator in charge of an adult education school. John Stape (Graeme Hawley) goes to Dave for an interview when he wants to return to teaching. John chooses to lie about his affair with Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan) and imprisonment for kidnapping her, and he gets the job. When the school runs a background check on John, a furious Dave fires him and warns him off ever teaching again. ==Lyn Fullwood==
Lyn Fullwood
Lyn Fullwood is the cellmate of Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth), when she is awaiting trial for the murder of her husband Joe (Reece Dinsdale). Lyn tries to keep a humorous and cynical attitude to mask her pain over not being able to be with her children. Eventually, Lyn and Gail become close, but Lyn is unexpectedly moved to another cell, and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) replaces her as Gail's cellmate. However, after Tracy lies to the police that Gail confessed to killing Joe, Lyn is moved back in, and Gail tells her what has happened. Lyn even offers to ask some of the other prisoners to attack Tracy for revenge, but Gail refuses, saying that that would make her just as bad as Tracy. On 10 June 2010, after Gail is acquitted of the murder charge, Lyn attacks Tracy and puts her in hospital. On 9 July, Lyn sends Gail a card. ==Cheryl Gray==
Cheryl Gray
Cheryl Gray, played by Holly Quin-Ankrah. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing 9 April 2010. Originally introduced as a love interest for an existing character, Cheryl has been involved in storylines involving lapdancing and domestic abuse since her inception. Cheryl's age was tweaked to accommodate the much younger Quin-Ankrah's real age. In May 2011, it was announced the producers had decided not to renew Quin-Ankrah's contract. She departed on-screen on 18 November 2011. Cheryl has been described as having "positive, caring, family oriented" personality traits. Cheryl's storyline has mainly focused around her relationships with Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles) and Chris Gray (Will Thorp). Quin-Ankrah has stated that throughout Cheryl's duration, she has been "caught in the middle" of Chris and Lloyd's fights. In 2010, Quin-Ankrah was nominated for an Inside Soap Award for her portrayal of Cheryl. ==Colin Fishwick==
Colin Fishwick
Colin Michael Fishwick was an old teaching acquaintance of John Stape (Graeme Hawley), who invites John to his farewell party as he is moving to Canada. At the party, John takes the opportunity to steal enough of Colin's identification to be able to impersonate him at a school. John secures a teaching job using Colin's identity, until Colin makes an untimely return to Weatherfield in July 2010. It is soon revealed that Colin had been having an affair with Vicky Fielding, a married woman prior to his departure and ends up receiving a beating from the woman's husband, Ben (Dominic Gately), after John's wife Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) tells him where Colin is working in order to protect John after Ben threatens him. Colin attempts to blackmail John stating that he will tell the police about the identity theft unless he gives him £2,000 to flee the country. On 30 July 2010, in the middle of a heated argument with John and former teaching colleague Charlotte Hoyle (Becky Hindley), Colin suddenly collapses and dies from a brain haemorrhage sustained from Ben beating him up. Thinking that the police will accuse him of killing Colin, John persuades Charlotte to help him dispose of his body. After Charlotte accidentally locks her car keys in the boot, they dump it in a hole in the charred remains of the Underworld factory with the intention of moving it later. The next day, when John returns to the hole to remove the body, he finds that the builders working at the site have filled it with concrete. In May 2011 when the Factory Floor is being taken up, John joins Owen Armstrong's (Ian Puleston-Davies) digging crew and removes Colin's decomposing body but is discovered by Fiz. Fiz reluctantly helps John dispose of Colin's body in the canal. ==Charlotte Hoyle==
Brian Packham
Brian Packham, played by Peter Gunn, is introduced as the head of the English department at the high school where John Stape (Graeme Hawley) gets a job working under the name of Colin Fishwick (David Crellin). John has stolen Colin's identity to apply for the job as John's criminal record, which he got due to kidnapping Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan) in 2008, prevented him from doing so. The day after John starts his new post as Colin, Brian calls to say that "Colin" has left his mobile phone at school and that he is on his way round to the house to drop it off. When he arrives, he invites himself in and Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) and John worry as they try to hide their true identity within their own house. Brian returns to the Street in October 2010, when he knocks on John's door to tell him that Colin's mother had contacted the school for his details in order to reunite with him. John is forced to lie to Brian, first claiming that he had fallen out with his mother. Owen Armstrong (Ian Puleston-Davies) then knocks on the Stapes' door and speaks to John about his brother-in-law Chesney Brown's (Sam Aston) relationship with his daughter Katy (Georgia May Foote). He calls John by his name in front of Brian and, after Owen leaves, John tells Brian that he has had to change his name because he had witnessed a murder and was in hiding from a gangland boss. Brian agrees to keep John's secret. Brian then meets Fiz's colleague Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh) and they have a drink in the Rovers. Brian keeps winking at John whenever he is speaking to him and John tells him to stop, in case it draws attention to him. It isn't long before an attraction develops between Brian and Julie and they start dating. John, terrified that his deception will be uncovered, tries to sabotage their relationship. When Brian and Julie have a romantic meal at a restaurant, John calls Brian's ex-wife and she later shows up and Brian is forced to tell Julie he is married. Julie leaves, devastated. Brian spends the night at the Stapes' and hides when Julie calls at the house. John then convinces Brian to go back to his ex-wife and give his marriage a second chance and he leaves. He returns in June 2011, questioning Fiz over John's crimes and recent disappearance. Julie sees Brian at Number 5 but angrily storms out after how he left her, though she later admits to Fiz that her feelings for him remain. Julie again comes into contact with Brian when taking Sean Tully's (Antony Cotton) son Dylan Wilson (Connor and Liam McCheyne) to a reading group at Bessie Street Primary School where Brian now works. Brian soon follows her back to the Street and asks her out, with a delighted Julie accepting. In February 2012, Julie discovers she is pregnant, with Brian being the father. However, she doesn't know that Brian had previously had a vasectomy. When she discovers this, Brian accuses her of cheating on him. Julie is adamant that she had not been with anyone else and that Brian is the actual father, which is true. After a conversation with fellow ex-teacher Ken Barlow (William Roache), Brian realises that vasectomies aren't always 100% effective and that he really is the father of Julie's unborn child. He then apologises to Julie for not believing her and they resume their relationship. Julie discovers that she is not pregnant but has a growth, which led to a positive pregnancy test. To remove the growth Julie has both of her ovaries removed, which means that she cannot have biological children, which both Brian and Julie are upset about. It was revealed on 18 February 2013 that Gunn's contract would not be renewed and the character departed on 18 December 2013. He returned briefly from 12 June 2015 to 3 July 2015, in a storyline that tied in with the exit of Julie. Brian returns in June 2015, desperate to win Julie back. He knocks on the front door of the flat that he and Julie used to live in. When he is there, he bumps into a parent from the school he used to teach, Beth Sutherland (Lisa George). She reveals that Julie has moved on and is now with Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) as she finally got over Brian dumping her. The next week, Brian bumps into Julie. She is shocked to see him and tells him that she had heard that he was back in the area. She also reveals that she is over Brian and he should let go of her. He reveals that he has quit his job in Wales for her and also reveals that they have won a holiday in a competition that they entered when they were together and tries to persuade Julie to go away on their holiday with him. He, however, remains determined to win her back. He is also reunited with his best friend, Ken, and moves in with him. In September 2016, it was confirmed that Brian will be returning in November that year. Brian returned permanently on-screen on 18 November 2016. ==Izzy Armstrong==
Izzy Armstrong
Izzy Armstrong, played by Cherylee Houston. The character first appears on-screen on 16 April 2010; she is introduced as a new love interest for Kirk Sutherland. Soon after her arrival she gets a job at the Underworld factory. Upon her debut, she was heralded as the soap's first disabled regular character in 50 years. Izzy was the first member of the Armstrong family to be introduced, her father Owen and sister Katy arrived within two months after her first appearance and is currently the only remaining member of the Armstrong family, following Owen and Katy's departure in early 2015. On 1 July 2016, Izzy was sentenced to three months in prison. ==May Penn==
May Penn
May Penn, played by June Whitfield, is an old friend of Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones), May appears during Blanche's funeral. She makes her first appearance on 3 May 2010 when she arrives at the Barlows' house, where she tells them about Blanche's newfound love Arnold, and then gets drunk. She also appears at her funeral on 10 May 2010. ==Dawn Coghill==
Dawn Coghill
Dawn Coghill is a social worker helping Becky (Katherine Kelly) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) adopt a child. When Dawn turns up to interview them things get off to a bad start as Steve's daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney) tells Becky that she hates her, in front of Dawn, after learning her great-grandmother, Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones) has died. Later, Becky believes that Dawn does not want them to adopt and orders her out of the pub. Later Steve persuades Dawn to give them another chance after seeing how good Becky is with Amy. Dawn returns after Becky and Steve have an argument with Eddie Windass (Steve Huison) after wrongly believing that he and his partner Anna (Debbie Rush) have adopted a child, who turns out to be Anna's nephew. Anna later tells Becky, Steve and Dawn this and Dawn calls the rivalry between the McDonalds and the Windasses "damaging". Dawn appears frequently checking up on the McDonald's' progress. She is part of the adoption panel that interview Becky and Steve in August 2010 when it is decided that they are not suitable candidates to adopt. Dawn reveals that Becky's half-sister, Kylie Platt (Paula Lane), has given her a bad reference, due to Becky leaving the family home when she was young. Dawn later visits the McDonalds' at The Rovers to give them more information about why they were rejected and Becky goes through her bag and finds Kylie's address in order to track her down. ==Hilary Pugsley==
Hilary Pugsley
Hilary Pugsley is a social worker helping Anna (Debbie Rush) and Eddie Windass (Steve Huison) adopt a child. On her first visit in May 2010, she displayed a frosty exterior and requested to sit on a dining room chair due to recent medical exploratory treatment. Hilary declined sampling Eddie's cheesecake, stating she was diabetic. Eddie won Hilary round when he offered to bake her a special diabetic cake. Hilary appears in January 2011 when she informed Anna that she has found a child who would be an ideal match for her and Eddie. Hilary visits Anna at work to tell her that the visit with Faye Butler (Ellie Leach) had been approved. When Anna and Eddie visit Faye, Hilary and Faye's foster mother observe the meeting. Hilary tells Faye about Gary Windass (Mikey North) being a soldier but notices Anna and Eddie's uncertainty. After the visit, Hilary asks Anna and Eddie about Gary's army career and they tell her that Gary has been discharged for hitting a policeman. Hilary tells them that they'll have to do a CRB on Gary but they should be alright. Hilary takes Faye to the Windasses for her first visit and Hilary tells Anna not to expect much and Faye was upset on the way as she expects to be rejected, but it's a defence mechanism. When Faye stays overnight, Eddie accidentally washes Faye's blanket. Faye is upset as it smelled of her birth mother and insists on going home. When Hilary collects Faye, Faye locks herself in Hilary's car. Hilary advises Anna and Eddie to go indoors as Faye will be less likely to back down if they make a big deal of it. In April 2011, Hilary visits Anna and Eddie to break the news that Faye's birth mother died of a heroin overdose and that in the circumstances, they should tell Faye. Anna decides to tell Faye after their picnic the following day. When Eddie moves to Germany, Faye wonders if Hilary has to be informed. ==Paul Stokes==
Paul Stokes
Paul Stokes is a businessman who begins doing business with Underworld while it is co-owned by Carla Connor (Alison King) and Nick Tilsley (Ben Price). He first turns up to find out that due to a water leak, the factory isn't working up to the expected standards. And after the siege with Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien), Paul makes an agreement with Nick to use the disused wine bar owned by George Wilson (Anthony Valentine) as a temporary work area. Paul has not been seen since. ==Robbie Sloan==
Robbie Sloan
Robbie Sloan is the cellmate of Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) who in May 2010 helped Tony escape from prison. Robbie is released from prison after serving his sentence but agrees to a deal worth £2,000 to help with Tony's plan to seek revenge (see "Siege Week"). Tony sends him to Weatherfield to get information on Carla Connor (Alison King), Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and his wife Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Robbie later calls Tony while on the street and Tony tells him he will see him in the morning. The following day, Robbie meets Carla and arranges to meet her at the factory the following day as he is a "market trader" interested in buying some stock from her. He later helps Tony escape from prison when he threatens Tony's ambulance driver. The two then drive to Weatherfield on a motorbike leaving the prison officer and paramedics locked in the ambulance. The following morning, Robbie tricks Carla into entering the factory alone and holds her hostage and at gunpoint. Robbie forces Carla to evacuate the premises and then leaves her tied to a chair and duct tapes her mouth shut. He then tricks Hayley into coming into the factory. Hayley sees Carla bound and gagged, but Robbie holds her at gunpoint before she can escape, and ties her up too. Tony shows up to Carla's horror. He surveys Carla bound, gagged and helpless, and congratulates Robbie. He rips the tape off her mouth, allowing her to speak, while announcing his plans to murder them. In an episode set on 1 June 2010, but delayed in transmission due to the real-life shootings in Cumbria, Robbie, who has taken part in the kidnapping to get money for his son's university tuition, realises Tony has no money for him as the factory safe is empty. After having an argument over the money, in which Carla and Hayley try to convince him to do the right thing and free them, Tony tricks Robbie into giving him his gun and shoots him dead. ==Police Constable==
Police Constable
This character appears to be a local police constable for Weatherfield Police. He makes his first appearance in May when he informs Carla Connor (Alison King) that her murderer ex-husband Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) had escaped from prison, which makes Carla nervous. Carla is later kidnapped, and held hostage, tied up and gagged, in her factory by Tony. He is later seen informing Roy (David Neilson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh) about Tony's escape. The character later re-appears when Gary Windass (Mikey North) is involved in a fight with two men who make comments about Izzy Armstrong (Cherylee Houston), leaving one of them badly injured. He arrests Gary the day after and is taken to Weatherfield police station to be questioned. Gary denies everything though and Kirk Sutherland (Andy Whyment) takes the blame in order to save Gary's army career. The policeman re-appears again in January 2011 when he appears to be doing door-to-door enquires on Coronation Street after the New Year's Eve attack on Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford). He knocks on Tyrone Dobbs's (Alan Halsall) door to ask if he heard anything but Tyrone tells him he was at Sally Webster's (Sally Dynevor) house at the time. ==Russ Gray==
Russ Gray
Russ Gray is the son of Cheryl (Holly Quin-Ankrah) and Chris Gray (Will Thorp). He made his first on screen appearance on 28 May 2010. It was reported in May 2011 that the character had been axed from the series along with his on screen family. Russ departed on-screen on 18 November 2011. Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles) discovers Cheryl has a son when he follows her in his taxi. Cheryl also tells a gobsmacked Lloyd that she is married to a man called Chris. After Lloyd learns that Chris has been beating Cheryl, he convinces her to take Russ and move in with him. Russ still sees his father after his split from Cheryl and later runs away when hearing Lloyd and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) talking about Cheryl and turns up at Chris' house, Lloyd soon realises he has disappeared and runs to Prima Doner to Cheryl and the pair hunt for Russ, until Chris walks up the street with Russ to an angry but relieved Cheryl. Chris soon winds up Lloyd by revealing why Russ ran away, which leads to Lloyd punching Chris in front of Russ. Russ is also seen to making friends with Cheryl's close friend Leanne Battersby's (Jane Danson) stepson Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) and Claire Peacock's (Julia Haworth) sons Joshua (Benjamin Beresford) and Freddie Peacock (Niall Beresford). In December 2010, Leanne and Nick Tilsley's (Ben Price) new bar "The Joinery" becomes victim to a huge explosion that rocks the street. This causes the viaduct above to be partially destroyed, with a tram derailing and smashing into the corner shop and setting fire to the Peacocks' home. Russ, alongside Freddie, Simon, Joshua and Claire are all trapped inside the house, which is now engaged in a massive inferno. Lloyd then smashes down the front door and rescues Russ, Freddie and Joshua. Russ leaves Weatherfield in November 2011 with Cheryl after she discovers the truth about Chris' lies about his brain tumour that he had used to win her back and left Lloyd devastated. Before leaving with his mother in a taxi, Russ tells Chris that he hates him for what he has done and bids a tearful goodbye to Lloyd. ==Owen Armstrong==
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