Coronation Street timeline

1960s

1960

• 9 December 1960: First episode of Coronation Street broadcast live.
• 30 December 1960: May Hardman collapses and dies in her hallway of a brain tumour, the first ever death in Coronation Street.

  1961

• 25 January 1961: Len Fairclough first appears.
• 27 January 1961: Emily Nugent first appears.
• 8 February 1961: Alf Roberts first appears.
• 12 June 1961: Linda Cheveski gives birth to her son Paul, the first ever birth in Coronation Street.
• 11 September 1961: Ida Barlow is hit and killed by a bus.
• 2 October 1961: Harry Hewitt marries Concepta Riley.

  1962

• 1 August 1962: Ken Barlow marries Valerie Tatlock.
• 6 August 1962: Concepta Hewitt gives birth to her son Christopher.
• 22 October 1962: Jack and Annie Walker celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.

  1963

• 19 October 1963: Jerry Booth marries Myra Dickenson.

  1964

• 13 May 1964: Martha Longhurst suffers a heart attack in The Rovers Return and dies.
• 29 June 1964: Stan Ogden first appears.
• 8 July 1964: Hilda Ogden first appears.
• 19 August 1964: Harry and Concepta Hewitt move to Ireland.
• 2 December 1964: Rita Littlewood first appears.

  1965

• 27 January 1965: Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner clash in the street; Ena has become Elsie's new landlady and orders Elsie out of the house. Ena attacks her and smashes one of the house's windows with her handbag.
• 5 April 1965: Valerie Barlow gives birth to twins, Susan and Peter Barlow.
• 30 August 1965: A house collapses into the street due to a faulty beam, the residents evacuate their houses.
• 17 November 1965: A piece of coal falls from the Barlows' fireplace and starts a blaze that nearly kills Susan and Peter Barlow.

  1966

• 21 February 1966: Ray Langton first appears.
• 25 May 1966: Bet Lynch first appears.

  1967

• 11 January 1967: Ena Sharples breaks down when her daughter, Vera Lomax, dies from a brain tumour.
• 10 May 1967: A goods train derails from the top of the viaduct on Viaduct Street, crashing into Coronation Street. Several of the residents are missing and feared dead: Jack Walker turns up unharmed, as do Lucille Hewitt and Elsie Tanner. Ena Sharples is found unconscious but alive under the rubble, as is a police officer. The police officer's girlfriend Sonia Peters is found dead.
• 4 September 1967: Elsie Tanner marries Steve Tanner. Harry and Concepta Hewitt return for the ceremony; Harry is later crushed to death whilst fixing his broken-down van when the jack slips.

  1968

• 29 May 1968: Dennis Tanner marries Jenny Sutton.
• 5 August 1968: Frank Riley breaks into the Barlows' maisonette and takes Valerie Barlow hostage. She is rescued by the police.
• 28 September 1968: Steve Tanner is murdered.

  1969

• 2 June 1969: Betty Turpin first appears.
• 29 October 1969: A coach crash leaves several of the residents injured and the coach driver dead. Ray Langton suffers a spinal injury; Ena Sharples faints; Elsie Tanner breaks her arm; Annie Walker dislocates her jaw; Jack Walker breaks his sternum; Emily Nugent suffers bruises; and Minnie Caldwell loses a severe amount of blood and is left unconscious.
• 3 November 1969: First colour episode of Coronation Street is broadcast.

  1970s

1970

• 8 April 1970: David Barlow is involved in a car crash in Australia and is killed instantly. His son Darren dies in hospital the next day as a result of his injuries.
• 8 July 1970: Jack Walker dies of a heart attack whilst visiting his daughter.
• 22 July 1970: Elsie Tanner marries Alan Howard.
• 21 December 1970: Joe Donnelli commits suicide after confessing to the murder of Steve Tanner.

  1971

• 27 January 1971: Valerie Barlow is electrocuted by a faulty hairdryer and is killed instantly; a blaze is started in the maisonette.
• 14 June 1971: Ivy Tilsley first appears.
• 11 August 1971: Mavis Riley first appears.

  1972

• 3 April 1972: Emily Nugent marries Ernest Bishop.
• 20 November 1972: Deirdre Hunt first appears.

  1973

• 15 January 1973: Alf Roberts is chosen as the next Mayor of Weatherfield. He asks Maggie Clegg to be Mayoress and Len Fairclough to be Deputy Mayor.
• 5 February 1973: Maggie Clegg turns down Alf Roberts' offer to be his Mayoress, worried about what would happen to the Corner Shop.
• 5 March 1973: The residents are evacuated to the Community Centre following the gas leak in No.1.
• 7 May 1973: Alf Roberts and Annie Walker are installed as Mayor and Mayoress of Weatherfield.
• 21 May 1973: Len Fairclough asks Rita Littlewood to run his new business investment – a newsagent that will come to be known as The Kabin.
• 11 June 1973: The Kabin opens its door for the first time. Rita Littlewood interviews Mavis Riley for the position of assistant and offers her for job.
• 13 July 1973: Mavis Riley starts work at The Kabin.
• 29 August 1973: The women of Weatherfield put on a cabaret drag show in The Rovers Return.
• 3 October 1973: Elsie Howard leaves the programme after 13 years.
• 31 October 1973: Ken Barlow marries Janet Reid.
• 5 December 1973: Stan and Hilda Ogden celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Norma Ford leaves the Street.

  1974

• 25 February 1974: Cyril Turpin dies.
• 27 February 1974: Betty Turpin becomes confused following Cyril Turpin's death.
• 6 March 1974: Cyril Turpin's funeral takes place.
• 3 July 1974: Lucille Hewitt leaves for Ireland.
• 10 July 1974: Maggie Clegg marries Ron Cooke.
• 29 July 1974: Gail Potter first appears.
• 19 August 1974: Vera Duckworth first appears. Blanche Hunt first appears
• 23 December 1974: Eddie Yeats first appears.

  1975

• 3 January 1975: Mavis Riley accepts Carlos' proposal, but changes her mind when she finds out he only wants to marry her to get a work permit.
• 13 January 1975: Last appearance of Maggie Cooke.
• 7 July 1975: Ray Langton marries Deirdre Hunt.
• 1 October 1975: A warehouse fire kills Edna Gee and two other factory workers. The storyline is part of the show's 15th anniversary.
• 10 November 1975: Jerry Booth dies from a heart attack.
• 24 November 1975: Annie Walker collapses following a break-in at The Rovers Return.

  1976

• 5 April 1976: Elsie Howard returns after three years.
• 7 April 1976: Minnie Caldwell moves to Whaley Bridge.
• 11 October 1976: Mike Baldwin first appears.

  1977

• 24 January 1977: Tracy Langton is born to Ray and Deirdre Langton.
• 21 February 1977: Ken Barlow's estranged wife Janet Barlow dies of a drug overdose.
• 20 April 1977: Len Fairclough marries Rita Littlewood.
• 19 October 1977: A party for Annie Walker on her 40 years of running The Rovers Return.
• 30 November 1977: Elsie Tanner pays the phone bill and demands off each of the girls.
• 26 December 1977: Eddie Yeats' stock of turkeys arrive – a day late for Christmas.

  1978

• 9 January 1978: Ernest Bishop is shot during a robbery at Baldwin's Casuals.
• 11 January 1978: Ernest Bishop is killed by two armed robbers at Mike Baldwin's factory.
• 22 February 1978: Renee Bradshaw accepts Alf Roberts' proposal of marriage.
• 20 March 1978: Alf Roberts marries Renee Bradshaw.
• 19 June 1978: The machine staff of Baldwin's Casuals goes on strike in support of sacked Hilda Ogden.
• 15 November 1978: Ray Langton moves to Holland, leaving his wife Deirdre Langton and their daughter Tracy Langton.
• 27 December 1978: Brian Tilsley gets drunk at Ron Mather's party at No.11 and asks Gail Potter out on a date.

  1979

• 7 March 1979: A lorry crashes into The Rovers Return, injuring Alf Roberts, Mike Baldwin and Betty Turpin. Deirdre Langton believes that her young daughter Tracy Langton is trapped underneath the rubble and panics.
• 14 April 1979: First appearance of Audrey Potter.
• 28 November 1979: Gail Potter marries Brian Tilsley. Jack Duckworth makes his first appearance.

  1980s

1980

• 2 January 1980: The men go for an early morning "hair of the dog" in the Rovers. The first Coronation Street episode of the 1980s.
• 12 March 1980: Fred Gee installs the bell-push in the Rovers, much to Betty Turpin's disdain.
• 2 April 1980: 81-year-old Ena Sharples makes her last appearance after 20 years. She goes to stay with an old friend, Henry Foster.
• 2 June 1980: The 2000th episode of Coronation Street.
• 23 July 1980: Hilda Ogden allows Eddie Yeats to lodge at No.13 on a permanent basis.
• 28 July 1980: Renee Roberts is killed after a lorry smashes into the front of her husband Alf Roberts's car in a country lane.
• 12 November 1980: Albert Tatlock puts on his medals and takes the bus to Manchester where he lays a wreath for Monty Shawcross.
• 19 November 1980: Bet Lynch's picture is on the front page of the Gazette along with the bin boycott story.
• 31 December 1980: A son, Nick Tilsley, is born to Gail and Brian Tilsley .

  1981

• 27 July 1981: Ken Barlow.

  1983

• 21 February 1983: Ken Barlow discovers that his wife Deirdre Barlow is having an affair with Mike Baldwin.
• 12 October 1983: Annie Walker retires to Derby to live with her daughter, Joan Davies
• 19 October 1983: Kevin Webster first appears.
• 7 December 1983: Len Fairclough dies in an off-screen car crash after visiting his mistress in Bolton.

  1984

• 4 January 1984: Elsie Tanner leaves the Street to live in Portugal with her boyfriend of the '60s, Bill Gregory ; she follows a horde of departing favourites, leaving the show bereft of familiar faces in 1983 and 1984.
• 14 May 1984: Albert Tatlock dies off-screen of old age.
• 9 July 1984: The pub olympics are held, and the Websters move into Elsie's former house.
• 21 November 1984: Stan Ogden dies off-screen in hospital.

  1985

• 28 January 1985: First appearance of Martin Platt as he starts work in Jim's Cafe. The Clayton family move into No.11.
• 18 March 1985: The 2500th episode of Coronation Street.
• 22 May 1985: Kevin Webster moves into No.13 as Hilda Ogden's lodger.
• 9 September 1985: Bet Lynch opens the newly refurbished Corner Shop when Miss Weatherfield proves unavailable. A drunken Alf Roberts proposes to Rita Fairclough.
• 21 October 1985: The missing Tracy Barlow is found in Newcastle and returned to Weatherfield by her adoptive half-sister, Susan Barlow.
• 9 December 1985: 25th anniversary of Coronation Street.
• 23 December 1985: Alf Roberts marries Audrey Potter.
• 30 December 1985: Mike Baldwin and Susan Barlow leave for London to spend the New Year together.

  1986

• 1 January 1986: Ken Barlow finds out that his daughter Susan Barlow has spent New Year in London with his enemy, Mike Baldwin.
• 6 January 1986: First appearance of Jenny Bradley. Police break the news her mother has been run over and killed.
• 15 January 1986: First appearance of Alan Bradley, and sees his daughter Jenny Bradley for the first time in eight years.
• 22 January 1986: When Ken Barlow finds out his daughter Susan Barlow has got back with Mike Baldwin, he goes to Baldwin's Casuals and thumps Mike, declaring: "I've had enough of your poison in my family."
• 27 January 1986: Sally Seddon first appears.
• 12 February 1986: Alf Roberts buys 11 Coronation Street, much to his wife Audrey Roberts' horror.
• 3 March 1986: The 2600th episode of Coronation Street.
• 17 March 1986: Alf and Audrey Roberts move into No.11.
• 2 April 1986: Peter and Susan Barlow celebrate their 21st birthday with a party.
• 9 April 1986: Kevin Webster and Terry Duckworth fight in the Builder's Yard over Sally Seddon.
• 23 April 1986: Audrey Roberts opens a hairdressing salon in No.11.
• 28 April 1986: Hilda Ogden's deceased friend Ada Arrowsmith leaves Hilda and her cat, Rommel, in her will.
• 30 April 1986: Peter Barlow accuses his father Ken Barlow of neglecting him and his sister Susan Barlow for most of their lives.
• 7 May 1986: Bert Tilsley's nephew, Ian Latimer arrives to stay and immediately falls for Brian's wife Gail Tilsley.
• 14 May 1986: Mike Baldwin marries Susan Barlow.
• 19 May 1986: Vera Duckworth collects the Vauxhall Nova prize she won in a competition that her husband Jack Duckworth entered in her name for "Husband of the Year."
• 21 May 1986: Sally Seddon is thrown out of the house by her disapproving father after spending the night with Kevin Webster.
• 28 May 1986: Gail Tilsley, tired of her old routine, succumbs to the advances of her husband Brian Tilsley's cousin Ian Latimer and starts sleeping with him. Hilda Ogden demands Sally Seddon to leave No.13 when she hears that Kevin Webster has been allowing her to stay over, but changes her mind when she witnesses Sally's mother forcing her to hand over her dole money to buy beer for her father.
• 4 June 1986: Alan Bradley attacks Terry Duckworth in the Rovers when he hears Terry has been complaining about him in front of Alan's daughter Jenny Bradley.
• 18 June 1986: A fuse box in The Rovers Return explodes and fire rips through the pub trapping Bet Lynch.
• 28 July 1986: Gail Tilsley reveals the she is pregnant, but she doesn't know if the father is her husband Brian Tilsley or his cousin Ian Latimer.
• 13 August 1986: The residents attend the Rovers' reopening.
• 22 September 1986: Betty Turpin comes back out of retirement to work at the Rovers.
• 8 October 1986: Kevin Webster marries Sally Seddon.
• 10 December 1986: Martin Platt and Jenny Bradley start dating.

  1987

• 2 February 1987: A daughter, Sarah-Louise Tilsley, is born to Gail and Brian Tilsley.
• 9 September 1987: Bet Lynch marries Alec Gilroy.
• 25 December 1987: Hilda Ogden, leaves the show after 23 years amid a huge public outcry. The episode attracts 26.8 million viewers.

  1988

• 9 November 1988: Mavis Riley marries Derek Wilton.

  1989

• 15 February 1989: Brian Tilsley is stabbed to death outside a nightclub whilst trying to save a woman from a gang of thugs.
• 12 April 1989: Shirley Armitage leaves Curly Watts and Coronation Street.
• 16 August 1989: Mother of two, Gail Tilsley begins a relationship with Martin Platt who is ten years her junior.
• 20 September 1989: The residents wake up to the sight of the Community Centre and the factory being knocked down.
• 27 October 1989: Liz and Jim McDonald first appear when they buy the house at number 11 from Alf Roberts.
• 4 December 1989: The 3000th episode of Coronation Street.
• 6 December 1989: Twins Steve and Andy McDonald first appear.
• 8 December 1989: Alan Bradley is hit and killed by a Blackpool tram while chasing his fiancée Rita Fairclough. The episode sets the record for the highest rated Coronation Street episode ever.
• 11 December 1989: Following Alan Bradley's death, his daughter Jenny Bradley identifies Alan's body.
• 15 December 1989: Alan Bradley's funeral takes place. Only his daughter Jenny Bradley attends, with Kevin and Sally Webster going to support her.
• 25 December 1989: Derek Wilton finds out that he has lost his job.
• 27 December 1989: Steve McDonald kicks a football through the Corner Shop window, smashing it.

  1990s

1990

• 1 January 1990: After nine years of marriage, Deirdre Barlow rings in the New Year by throwing her husband Ken Barlow into the street after his Christmas Eve admission of a three-month affair with secretary Wendy Crozier.
• 24 December 1990: Sally Webster delivers a daughter in the back of Don Brennan's taxi on the way to hospital. The baby is named Rosie Webster because she is born on Rosamund Street.
• 25 December 1990: A son, David Tilsley, is born to Gail Tilsley and Martin Platt. Gail ends up in the hospital bed next to Sally Webster.

  1991

• 2 January 1991: Ken Barlow's attempt at suicide is stopped by Bet Gilroy.
• 23 January 1991: First appearance of Raquel Wolstenhulme.
• 1 March 1991: Jenny Bradley leaves the Street.
• 10 July 1991: Percy Sugden sabotages Emily Bishop's attempts to sell No.3.
• 21 August 1991: Des Barnes set fire to his boat after a row with his wife Steph Barnes.
• 6 September 1991: Gail Tilsley proposes to Martin Platt.
• 27 September 1991: Gail Tilsley marries Martin Platt.
• 20 November 1991: Mike Baldwin moves into No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays.
• 25 December 1991: Jealous that his ex-partner, Alma Sedgewick has been seeing Ken Barlow, Mike Baldwin lures Alma to bed. Des Foster makes a pass to Bet Gilroy, but she throws him out of the Rovers.
• 27 December 1991: Andy McDonald is beaten up by a gang who is after his twin brother Steve McDonald.

  1992

• 1 January 1992: Liz McDonald goes into labour prematurely and delivers a daughter, Katie, who dies the next day.

  1993

• 12 February 1993: Lisa Duckworth is killed by a passing car outside The Rovers due to roadworks on Rosamund Street.
• 12 March 1993: Maureen Naylor first appears.

  1994

• 4 November 1994: Sally Webster and Kevin Webster have their second child, another daughter Sophie Webster.
• 25 November 1994: Deirdre Barlow marries Samir Rachid.

  1995

• 4 January 1995 Denise Osbourne and Ken Barlow have a son Daniel Osbourne.
• 2 June 1995: Samir Rachid dies in hospital after being waylaid by a group of youths while on his way to donate a kidney to Tracy Barlow.
• 23 August 1995: Ivy Brennan dies of a stroke off-screen, a year after her final appearance.
• 16 October 1995: Bet Gilroy leaves Coronation Street.

  1997

• 21 February 1997: Joyce Smedley, Judy Mallett's mother, dies after being run over by Tony Horrocks while walking her dog.
• 7 April 1997: Derek Wilton dies from a Cardiac arrest during a road rage incident.
• 8 October 1997: Don Brennan dies after crashing Alma Baldwin's car into the viaduct. His death completes a reign of terror in which he set fire to Mike Baldwin's factory and drove his taxi into the River Irwell in an attempt to kill himself and Alma.

  1998

• 26 January 1998: Hayley Patterson first appears as a supervisor in Firman's Freezers.
• 30 January 1998: 17-year-old Nick Tilsley marries his 16-year-old girlfriend Leanne Battersby.
• 18 March 1998: Ken Barlow's blind date, Babs Fanshawe, drops dead during their night out.
• 29 March 1998: Deirdre Rachid is sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraud, but is released three weeks later.

  1999

• 1 January 1999: Alf Roberts dies from a heart attack during Nick Tilsley's birthday party.
• 21 April 1999: Roy Cropper marries transsexual Hayley Patterson.

  2000s

2000

• 21 February 2000: Sarah-Louise Platt, at the age of 13, discovers that she is five months pregnant.
• 4 June 2000: Sarah-Louise Platt gives birth to a baby daughter, Bethany Platt.
• 8 December 2000: After 40 hours of rehearsal, a special of Coronation Street is broadcast to celebrate the programme's 40th anniversary. It is the first live episode since 1961 and features guest appearances by Prince Charles, Noddy Holder and Sir Trevor McDonald.

  2001

• 11 February 2001: Ken Barlow's daughter, Susan Barlow, is killed in a car accident.
• 13 April 2001: Toyah Battersby is raped in the ginnel beside The Rovers.
• 17 June 2001: Alma Baldwin dies of cervical cancer.
• 15 July 2001: A male adult internet stalker lures Sarah-Louise Platt to his home and holds her against her will after posing in a chat room as a 16-year-old.
• 26 December 2001: Emma and Curly Watts deliver a son, Ben Watts, at home on their settee. Norris Cole assists with Ben's birth.

  2002

• 2002/2003: Nearly a year after his arrival in Weatherfield after Alma's funeral, Richard Hillman perpetuates a homicidal reign of terror in his desperate bid to save his property company "Kellett Holdings" from financial bankruptcy. In these ensuing course of events, Richard marries Gail Platt; leaves his business partner Duggie Ferguson to die; murders his ex-wife Patricia; attempts to kill his mother-in-law Audrey Roberts by setting her house on fire, before manipulating the events of her survival to convince her family and friends that she has Alzheimer's disease; bludgeons pub landlady Maxine Peacock to death with a crowbar amid trying to kill Audrey's friend Emily Bishop; and finally drowns in a canal after failing to kill Gail and her family in a suicide impact.
• 4 February 2002 Duggie Ferguson dies after falling from a fourth-story banister while arguing with his business partner Richard Hillman, who discovered Duggie's attempt to rip him off; rather than phone an ambulance for Duggie, however, Richard leaves him to die of his injuries and flees from the scene.
• 20 May 2002: Richard Hillman murders his ex-wife Patricia with a shovel after she threatens to expose his financial troubles to both Gail and the police.
• 10 June 2002: Bet Lynch returns to Coronation Street.
• 21 October 2002: Ken Barlow's disrespectful student Aidan Critchley crashes a car during a joy ride with his girlfriend Sarah-Louise Platt; both survive, but Sarah is left critically injured after Aidan fled from the scene rather than help her.

  2003

• 13 January 2003: Richard Hillman bungles Maxine Peacock to death with a crowbar after she walked in his attempt to kill Emily Bishop
• 15 January 2003: The day after Emily's attack and Maxine's murder, Aidan Critchley is arrested for the crime - as Richard Hillman had already conjured a plan to frame him as revenge for Aidan's negligence over leaving Richard's stepdaughter Sarah Platt for dead.
• 5 February 2003: Toyah Battersby departs Coronation Street for London in Spider Nugent's juice van after learning from Fiz Brown that Maria Sutherland had become pregnant by Toyah's boyfriend, university lecturer John Arnley.
• 24 February 2003; On the night before they leave Weatherfield, Richard Hillman confessions his homicidal activities to his wife Gail Platt and flees from the street after she promptly breaks up with him in response.
• 12 March 2003: Richard Hillman returns from hiding with a suicidal impact, abducting his wife Gail Platt and her friend in an attempt to kill them by gassing them alive with his car engine. However, after Gail's mother Audrey Roberts walked in on Richard's attempt, he droves their Ford Galaxy into a canal while being chased by Gail's ex-husband Martin and his friends. Gail and her family survive the incident while Richard dies after drowning.
• 5 October 2003: Coronation Street's first homosexual storyline is in motion when Todd Grimshaw attempts to kiss Nick Tilsley, the brother of Todd's fiancée, Sarah-Louise Platt.
• 20 October 2003: Cilla Battersby-Brown arrives in Weatherfield.
• 15 December 2003: Martin Platt crashes his car, and is pulled out by Tommy Harris just before the vehicle explodes in a fireball.

  2004

• Elsie Tanner and Bill Gregory die in a road accident in Portugal.
• 9 February 2004: Tracy Barlow delivers a baby girl with Roy Cropper, who believes he is the Amy Barlow's biological father, in attendance during labour. It is only later that Tracy reveals Amy's real father is Steve McDonald. Steve's wife Karen McDonald discovers that Amy was Steve's child later at their wedding a week later.
• 8 March 2004: Janice Battersby drops a lit cigarette in the Underworld storeroom, setting the place alight. She is rescued by Nick Tilsley.
• 24 May 2004: Sarah-Louise Platt finds out that Todd Grimshaw has been seeing Karl Foster behind her back; this leads to a massive brawl in the street between their mothers Gail Platt and Eileen Grimshaw.
• 1 June 2004: Sarah-Louise Platt and Todd Grimshaw's son Billy Platt is born. But he later dies, due to being born premature.
• 24 November 2004: Dev Alahan's corner shops are blown up by his crazed ex-girlfriend, Maya Sharma. Dev and his wife Sunita Alahan are nearly killed in the Coronation Street shop alight, as her plan was to set the last shop on fire with them held hostage inside, so they would die. Luckily, they are rescued and Maya is sent to prison.
• 24 December 2004: Karen McDonald gets revenge on Tracy Barlow by driving away in her car that she won on a TV show called "Top of the Tree", unaware that Tracy's daughter Amy Barlow was in the back seat. She sets the car alight, tricking Tracy to think that Amy died in the fire. Although it turns out that Amy is alive and unharmed, leading to Karen's exit.

  2005

• 4 March 2005: Tommy Harris dies after being fatally hit over the head with a wrench by his 18-year-old diabetic daughter Katy Harris, who later dies of a self-induced sugar overdose. Tommy's wife Angela is the chief suspect for his murder until she is found not guilty, but she is still imprisoned for pleading guilty to protect Katy.
• 8 April 2005: Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid remarry.
• 10 April 2005: Ray Langton dies in The Rovers Return during Ken Barlow and Ray's ex-wife Deirdre Barlow's wedding reception as a result of stomach cancer.
• 19 September 2005: Shelley Unwin jilts husband-to-be Charlie Stubbs at the altar.
• 24 October 2005: Danny Baldwin discovers that Mike Baldwin is not his uncle, but his father.
• 31 October 2005: Status Quo perform at Cilla Brown and Les Battersby's wedding reception and offer Candice Stowe a job as their hairdresser.

  2006

• February 2006: Emily Bishop meets her husband Ernest Bishop's killer and has trouble forgiving him, leading to a crisis of religious faith.
• 17 March 2006: Mike Baldwin is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
• 7 April 2006: Mike Baldwin dies in the arms of Ken Barlow after suffering a heart attack outside his factory, ending 30 years in Coronation Street.
• 31 May 2006: Ronnie Clayton kills an old-age pensioner in a hit-and-run accident and tries to frame her boyfriend Steve McDonald.
• 14 August 2006: Jason Grimshaw jilts Sarah-Louise Platt at the registry office, escaping through a toilet window and sending a text message that reads "Sorry. Can't do it. Luv J x".
• 15 September 2006: Claire Peacock is sectioned under the mental health act after pushing her son, Freddie Peacock, into the road while in his pram. He is unharmed, but Claire is diagnosed with severe post-natal depression.
• 9 October 2006: Fred Elliott dies from a heart attack on the day of his wedding to Bev Unwin, during a visit to Audrey Roberts. After telling Audrey he will marry Bev, he collapses and dies in Audrey's hallway on his way out. Audrey is subsequently vilified as a "scarlet woman".
• 20 October 2006: While on a family holiday in Paris, Rosie Webster plots to run away with her boyfriend Craig Harris to start a new life together in Berlin. However, Rosie tells Craig she can't go through with the plan at the last minute, and Craig leaves for Berlin, alone.
• 27 November 2006: Cilla Battersby-Brown is diagnosed with skin cancer after she finds a mole on her body. Her husband Les Battersby, her son Chesney Brown and her daughter Fiz Brown initially think that she is having an affair. Although she is given the all-clear she pretends that it is terminal in a bid to get enough sympathy money for a trip to Florida, however, she eventually confesses everything to Les, Chesney, Fiz and Kirk Sutherland.
• 1 December 2006: Danny Baldwin leaves Weatherfield after his wife Frankie Baldwin chooses to be with his son Jamie Baldwin over him. Danny later privately plots to break up the pair, leading to Frankie's own departure from Weatherfield on New Year's Eve.
• 13 December 2006 – 1 January 2007: Violet Wilson finds she is pregnant with Jamie Baldwin's baby, but she loses the baby to an ectopic pregnancy, when she experiences bleeding, shoulder pains and collapses in agony. Violet has an emergency operation to remove both her affected fallopian tube and the baby and was told she had no chance/little chance of having children in the future, although later becomes pregnant by Sean Tully in late 2007.

  2007

• 10 January 2007: Charlie Stubbs tries to kill David Platt by drowning him in a bath after finding out that David knew about his affair with Maria Connor. Maria eventually saves him.
• 12 January 2007: Tracy Barlow tries to murder cheating her boyfriend Charlie Stubbs by hitting him twice over the head with a statue. She attempts to make the attack look like self-defense, but when Charlie later dies in hospital, she is arrested and refused bail. David Platt agrees to help her out by pretending that he saw her killing Charlie by "self defense" in order that she sleeps with him. Tracy agrees.
• 26 February 2007: The street has to be evacuated when a suspected bomb is discovered in the Peacocks' back garden.
• 28 February 2007: Charlie Stubbs' funeral occurs with Maria Connor in tears. After the funeral, Maria and David Platt have a heart-to-heart and David attempts to kiss Maria. Maria is shocked by this, and tells him that they will never happen.
• 2 April 2007: After a nerve-wrecking trial, Tracy Barlow is shocked to be found guilty in court. She is sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 15 years before she is eligible for parole. This means that Tracy cannot be released until Christmas Eve 2010.
• 18 May 2007: Claire Peacock wakes to find her baby Freddie Peacock's bedroom in flames. She is overwhelmed and knocked unconscious landing at the bottom of the stairs, but is saved by Kirk Sutherland and Jamie Baldwin. Freddie, however, is missing. It is later revealed he was taken by Casey Carswell, a friend of Claire's whom she met when giving counselling. She later went on to have a brief affair with Claire's husband Ashley Peacock, that nearly brought about the end of the Peacocks' marriage.
• 4 June 2007: Paul Connor is killed in a car accident after kidnapping Leanne Battersby and holding her hostage in his car boot. He skips a red light and ploughs into a lorry. Leanne suffers minor injuries and is released from hospital the next day.
• 17 September 2007: Bethany Platt is rushed to hospital after swallowing ecstasy tablets that her uncle David Platt has hidden in a doll. Bethany survives, but David is disowned and thrown out by the family.
• 12 October 2007: Cilla Battersby-Brown leaves Weatherfield for South Africa.
• 19 October 2007 Rosie Webster begins an affair with her teacher John Stape who is also going out with his girlfriend Fiz Brown at the time. The affair is later exposed on Christmas Day 2007 and results in Rosie's father Kevin Webster's arrest for assault when he beats John up.
• 31 October 2007: Sarah-Louise Platt marries Jason Grimshaw. Sarah's brother David Platt drives his car into a canal and is temporarily missing.
• 30 December 2007: Sarah Platt and her daughter Bethany Platt leave for Italy, so that Sarah can work for her uncle Stephen Reid. Earlier she had planted drugs on her half-brother David Platt and when she confessed this to her husband Jason Grimshaw at the station he walked out on her.

  2008

• 4 January 2008: Liam Connor and Maria Sutherland decided to go on a New Year's mini break to the Lake District. However, while they were there Liam fell down a ravine while trying to rescue Ozzy. Maria rushed off for help in the dark, and finally made it back to the hotel they were staying at. The mountain rescue team were called and set off to find the casualty. Liam is shown raising his head to look around before the end credits, although he becomes unconscious again shortly afterwards.
• 7 January 2008: Tina McIntyre makes her first appearance.
• 14 January 2008: Ryan Connor discovers from his biological father, Nick Neeson that he is his son, after thinking Michelle Connor was his mother since he was born. In shock after hearing this, he runs away from home, leaving Michelle frightened for Ryan's safety.
• 18 January 2008: After 34 years on the show, Vera Duckworth dies of heart failure. Her husband Jack Duckworth, Tyrone Dobbs and his girlfriend Molly Compton were at The Rovers Return when she died. When Jack returns later, he finds Vera in her chair and, thinking she is asleep, he talks to her normally and asks her for a cup of tea. Without a response, Jack finds that she has died.
• 11 February 2008: Liam Connor and Maria Sutherland marry, after which Maria has a showdown with Carla Connor in the toilets at the reception and slaps Carla before warning her to stay away from Liam.
• 22 February 2008: Violet Wilson gives birth to her son, Dylan Wilson in The Rovers Return with Dylan's father Sean Tully at her side and Marcus Dent delivers him. Later on Violet is taken to hospital. At the hospital with herself and Dylan, both Sean and Violet's boyfriend Jamie Baldwin are there.
• 14 March 2008: David Platt pushes his mother Gail Platt down the stairs after discovering that she took his girlfriend Tina McIntyre to have an abortion. The episode aired on Gail's ex-husband Richard Hillman's five-year death anniversary.
• 30 April 2008: Maria Connor gives birth to her stillborn baby Paul Connor Jr.
• 28 May 2008: After chasing a gang led by Chesney Brown's schoolmate Kenzie Judd away from the café, Jerry Morton collapses from a heart attack and is rushed to hospital.
• 6 June 2008: Steve McDonald and Dan Mason feud in The Rovers Return, and Dan hit Steve by accident, so Steve hit Dan with a crate and threw his phone down the cellar, Steve shut the door, locking Dan in. Dan is found by Ryan Connor in the morning and is rushed to hospital.
• 3 September 2008: Mel Morton and her friend Abi Sharpe are attacked by a girl gang outside a bar. Abi is rushed to hospital after receiving a blow to the head with a glass bottle.
• 17 October 2008: Liam Connor is struck by a car and killed outside a nightclub by a driver hired by Tony Gordon whilst celebrating Tony's stag night.
• 20 October 2008: Rosie Webster is kidnapped by her ex-lover John Stape and is held captive inside his home for five weeks.
• 3 December 2008: At Tony Gordon and Carla Connor's wedding reception, a drunken Sally Webster reveals Carla's affair with Liam Connor to Liam's widow Maria Connor and plays her daughter Rosie Webster's mobile phone footage of Liam and Carla kissing as proof of her claims.

  2009

• 12 January 2009: Tyrone Dobbs and Molly Compton marry.
• 26 January 2009: Sian Powers makes her first appearance, as a friend of Sophie Webster.
• 6 February 2009: During a showdown at Underworld, Tony Gordon confesses to his wife Carla Connor that he did indeed have her lover Liam Connor killed. Horrified, Carla makes a quick getaway, leaving Tony distraught.
• 9 March 2009: Ryan Connor asks Sian Powers out and she accepts. Ryan later tells her he is interested in her, and kisses her.
• 13 March 2009: On the day of Steve McDonald and Becky Granger's first wedding, Becky gets so drunk that the registrar refuses to marry them.
• 30 March 2009: A huge fire breaks out at the Bookies flat after a drunk Peter Barlow drops his lit cigarette to the floor leaving him and his son Simon Barlow trapped inside. As the fire brigade arrive, Luke Strong and Tony Gordon break in and rescue Peter and Simon just as the flames explode through the windows.
• 27 April 2009: Paula Carp reveals to her daughter Julie Carp that her father is Colin Grimshaw, who had slept with her when she was 14 and he was 38.
• 8 May 2009: Ken Barlow confesses to his wife Deirdre Barlow that he was having an affair with Martha Fraser.
• 1 July 2009: Maria Connor goes into labour and gives birth to her son Liam Connor Jr. on Southport Beach. Tony Gordon is forced to play midwife and deliver the baby.
• 14 August 2009: Steve McDonald and Becky Granger are finally married at the second attempt but during the reception at The Rovers, the police raid the place searching for drugs and find them in Becky's bag. The police are unaware that they were actually planted there by Becky's ex-boyfriend Slug and her arch-enemy DC Hooch. Becky is arrested and is forced to spend her wedding night in a police cell.
• 1 October 2009: John Stape and Fiz Brown get married.
• 19 October 2009: Luke Strong flees the country after fleecing Rosie Webster out of £90,000.
• 30 October 2009: Tony Gordon suffers a heart attack and is found by Roy Cropper who rushes him to hospital.
• 19 November 2009: After a showdown between Tony Gordon and Roy Cropper at Weatherfield Canal, Tony hands himself into the police and finally confesses to having Liam Connor murdered and trying to drown Roy.
• 21 December 2009: Sophie Webster commits to Christianity by baptism.
• 25 December 2009: Sally Webster tells her husband Kevin Webster that she has breast cancer.
• 31 December 2009: On New Year's Eve when Sian Powers is supposed to be with her girlfriend Sophie Webster at a concert; Sian loses her virginity when she sleeps with Ryan Connor. Then they are caught by Sophie and Ryan's adoptive mother Michelle Connor.

  2010s

2010

• 8 January 2010: Gail Platt gets married for the fifth time, to Joe McIntyre.
• 8 February 2010: Joe McIntyre drowns at the Lake District after an attempt to fake his own death goes wrong.
• 12 March 2010: Simon Barlow disappears in Blackpool while on an outing with his grandfather George Wilson and his wife Eve Wilson. He later manages to find his own way home.
• 5 April 2010: Audrey Roberts slaps Rita Sullivan during an argument over Lewis Archer.
• 11 April 2010: Sian Powers' relationship with Ryan Connor hits a troubled patch when the couple have a big row and break up. An upset Sian goes to see her girlfriend Sophie Webster after an emotional conversation, Sophie kisses Sian. This is the first lesbian kiss in the soap's history, and leaves both Sophie and Sian very confused, and emotionally troubled.
• 12 April 2010: Sophie Webster travels to Southport to talk with her girlfriend Sian Powers. Sian coldly tells her that, due to that kiss, she is disgusted, shocked, and most confused, and they cannot be friends any more.
• 23 April 2010: A confused Sian Powers returns to Weatherfield to confront her girlfriend Sophie Webster. Since their first kiss. she has developed an attraction for Sophie, and now deeply misses her. Both girls talk through their mixed up emotions, things become clear; then Sian kisses Sophie. They now decide to be together, going out, as a couple, but in secret.
• 10 May 2010: Blanche Hunt is laid to rest, after passing away in Portugal. Her funeral also marks the return of her granddaughter Tracy Barlow.
• 9 June 2010: Fugitive Tony Gordon returns to the street and plans to hold his wife Carla Connor, Hayley Cropper and his former lover Maria Connor hostage in Underworld. He enlists the help of his former cellmate Robbie Sloan who ties up and gags Carla in the factory, and lures Hayley by telling her Carla has had an accident. Maria stumbles into the kidnap by accident. Tony shoots Robbie and later releases Maria and Hayley, although keeps Carla hostage and sets the factory on fire. Carla manages to untie herself and escape at the last minute, but Tony decides to kill himself by standing at the heart of the explosion. The factory explodes, with the residents of Weatherfield watching in horror.
• 16 July 2010: Sophie Webster and Sian Powers plan to go to their school prom together. For two days, Sian had debilitating stomach pains. Sophie accuses Sian of faking an illness to avoid going to the prom. Sian later bumps into her ex-lover Ryan Connor, he arranges to go on the bus to the prom with Sian; Sophie being a committee member had to go several hours earlier. Ryan needs to impress Sian, as he is keen to win her back as his girlfriend. He is horrified when Sian collapses screaming in pain due to a ruptured appendix, at the Rosamund Street bus stop. Sian is in agony and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Sophie is waiting at the prom, for Sian. Her father Kevin Webster arrives and tells Sophie that Sian is in hospital. A very upset and anxious Sophie has to see Sian, soonest. Sophie and Kevin are told that Sian has had an operation, and everything will be fine, and she can see visitors. Sophie tells Kevin she wants to be on her own with Sian. Sophie talks to a drowsy Sian, and she drifts to sleep. Sophie then checks that no one is looking, she leans towards Sian and whispers, "I love you", then tenderly she kisses Sian on the lips. This is Sophie's first declaration of her love for Sian.
• 30 July 2010: Colin Fishwick dies suddenly during a heated argument with John Stape and Charlotte Hoyle. They dispose of his body in Underworld.
• 30 August 2010: On Roy and Hayley Cropper's wedding day, Claire Peacock reveals that Sophie Webster and Sian Powers are in a lesbian relationship.
• 2 September 2010: Sophie Webster tells her father Kevin Webster and her sister Rosie Webster she is in love with Sian Powers. Sophie and Sian are scared their parents will prevent them from seeing each other. They decide to run away to Sheffield, and live together. Eventually, they both return to Weatherfield.
• 8 November 2010: Jack Duckworth dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma sitting in the armchair that his beloved wife Vera died in.
• 6 December 2010: An explosion in The Joinery bar destroys the viaduct bridge causing a tram to derail and destroy The Kabin and the corner shop, killing Molly Dobbs and Ashley Peacock. This also causes a fire at Number 13. Meanwhile, John Stape has murdered his stalker Charlotte Hoyle, and hides her body amongst the rubble. John's wife Fiz Stape gives birth to their daughter, Hope, and an injured Peter Barlow marries Leanne Battersby in hospital while Carla Connor watches.
• 10 December 2010: After being told that Charlotte Hoyle had severe brain damage, John Stape decided to turn off her life-support machine. Meanwhile, Norris Cole, Emily Bishop and Mary Taylor discover that Rita Sullivan has been trapped in The Kabin the whole time.
• 17 December 2010: At Molly Dobbs' funeral, her husband Tyrone Dobbs discovers her affair with Kevin Webster, and that he is the father of Molly's son, Jack. Kevin is thrown out of the Webster household as a result.
• 31 December 2010: Tracy Barlow is attacked by an unknown assailant, and Steve McDonald is thought to be the culprit. Kevin Webster leaves Weatherfield, not disclosing where he is going, much to the dismay of his daughter Sophie Webster, though returns a week later. Later, Sophie and Sian Powers sleep together for the first time, at the Websters' home, as Sophie surrenders her virginity to Sian, in a night of passion.

  2011

• 3 January 2011: Sally Webster catches her daughter, Sophie Webster, and Sian Powers in bed together, hugging and kissing. This, after Sian had been trying on a new long red dress she had just purchased. Sally is shocked that they are having sex together. Sophie tells Sally that Sian is the only good thing she has, and they are both in love with each other. Sally tells Sophie to get out the house. Both girls go to Eileen Grimshaw's house and disclose Sally had caught them "doing it", and in bed together. Both girls stay for a few days.
• 14 January 2011: Claire Peacock flees Coronation Street with her two children, Joshua and Freddie, after confessing to Becky McDonald that she attacked Tracy Barlow on New Year's Eve.
• 3 March 2011: Carla Connor sends Maria Connor to Frank Foster's house for a business meeting, although this ends with Frank attempting to rape Maria. The episode ends with Maria leaving in a taxi crying.
• 11 March 2011: Sophie Webster falls from a church roof, landing on top of a car after a heated argument with Sian Powers. The pair later reconcile at the hospital, where Sophie is in a critical condition. Sophie's parents blame Sian for the accident, but later realise she was not to blame. After her mother Sally argues with her father Kevin upon learning he knew Sophie was drunk before she fell from the church roof, but failed to act, Sian shouts at the pair. At first, they are disgusted Sian, who is a Christian like Sophie, would dare to speak to adults like that, but finally realise she is right and see sense. Sophie recovers and Sian is invited to move back into the Webster home.
• 25 March 2011: Janice Battersby leaves after 14 years with new boyfriend Trevor Dean to go travelling around the world.
• 8 April 2011: David Platt marries Kylie Turner.
• 14 April 2011: Jim McDonald leaves Weatherfield after he robs a bank to try to buy The Rovers from his son Steve. Liz McDonald leaves shortly after to live with Andy in Spain.
• 24 April 2011: Jamie Baldwin and Violet Wilson returned for one episode in London when Sean Tully goes to see his son, Dylan. Also, Todd Grimshaw returns to visit Eileen and Jason for Easter and they meet Todd's new boyfriend. Later, after a short confrontation with Gail McIntyre, he promises to keep in touch with her more by telephone and they hug.
• 12 May 2011: Dennis Tanner returns to Weatherfield, after 43 years, after meeting Sophie Webster and Sian Powers volunteering at a soup kitchen. Some time later, after walking on the Street he spots "Dennis Tanner 1951" that he had carved into the window sill of No.11 many years before. A woman approaches him and he looks up to see Rita Sullivan, who was most surprised to see Dennis, after so many years. They immediately struck up a friendship, talking about old times in the street.
• 3 June 2011: John Stape's past comes back to haunt him when Chesney Brown started to ask questions about Charlotte Hoyle's death. Charlotte's mother, Dorothy, finds his drivers license and works his true identity, then John ties up Chesney and her. He goes to the factory and helps dig out Colin Fishwick, but Fiz Stape catches him red handed. He then kidnaps his and Fiz's daughter, Hope, but when Fiz gives chase, she is run over by Owen Armstrong's van. When confessing to killing Charlotte, John hands Hope back to Fiz. Upon doing this, he stepped backwards off the roof to kill himself. Later, the audience is informed by the detective John's body has disappeared.
• 13 June 2011: Kylie Platt and Tina McIntyre fight in The Rovers Return over Tina's lovelife and Kylie's insults.
• 16 June 2011: Stella Price buys The Rovers from Steve McDonald. She is later joined by her boyfriend Karl Munro and her daughter Eva.
• 1 July 2011: At her 30th birthday party, Leanne Barlow discovers her biological mother is Stella Price and storms out, as Stella had abandoned her as a baby.
• 15 July 2011: Leanne Barlow falls down the stairs when chasing after her husband Peter Barlow following an argument. Leanne is later told that she has miscarried her baby, and that she may never be able to have biological children.
• 4 September 2011: After celebrating their engagement at the Bistro, Carla Connor gets drunk and runs over Stella Price, before crashing into the bookies. Carla's fiancé Frank Foster was in the passenger seat at the time, but switches places with Carla, making the police think it was him. Stella is rushed to hospital and survives the accident and Frank is not arrested or charged.
• 7 September 2011: Kirsty Soames first appears as a new love interest for Tyrone Dobbs.
• 19 September 2011: It is the night before Carla Connor and Frank Foster's wedding. Carla calls off the wedding because she is in love with Peter Barlow. As a result, Frank rapes Carla in her flat.
• 24 October 2011: Sian Powers returns to Weatherfield early from a holiday in France with her mother. Sophie Webster is surprised to see Sian; and is feeling guilty for kissing Amber Kalirai on a night out the previous evening. Sophie tells Sian that, she loves her, wants to be with her forever, as life without her is worthless, and that she wants to marry Sian. Sian is overjoyed by this proposal of a civil partnership with Sophie.
• 28 October 2011: After returning to Weatherfield and kidnapping Rosie Webster, John Stape is involved in a car accident. On his deathbed, he confesses the murders of Charlotte Hoyle and Joy Fishwick, to his wife Fiz and the police.
• 2 December 2011: Sophie Webster and Sian Powers attempt to elope to Gretna Green when they are unable to receive consent from Sally and Kevin Webster to get married in Weatherfield. They are stopped by Sally and Rosie Webster at the coach station, and Sally agrees to let them marry in Weatherfield.
• 19 December 2011: Tracy Barlow falls down the stairs after an argument with Becky McDonald. She later claims that Becky pushed her and she miscarried her twins.
• 24 December 2011: Seventeen-year-old Katy Armstrong goes into labour while at the annual nativity play. The baby's father, Chesney Brown, is on duty when he gets the news and manages to get to the hall, just before she is about to give birth. She gives birth to a baby boy, whom she names Joseph. The baby was delivered by Anna Windass and Chesney's sister Fiz Stape.
• 25 December 2011: Steve McDonald proposes to his girlfriend Tracy Barlow and asks her to move in with him, with their daughter, Amy. When Steve's ex-wife, Becky, finds out about the engagement, she returns to her flat and tries to commit suicide by lighting her flat on fire. She is rescued by Nick Tilsley and survives the fire.
• 30 December 2011: Sian Powers jilts Sophie Webster at the altar after discovering that Sophie kissed Amber Kalirai. Sian then leaves Weatherfield, devastating Sophie.

  2012

• 23 January 2012: Steve McDonald marries Tracy Barlow. At their wedding reception, Steve is just about to say his speech, when his ex-wife Becky, hands him an envelope, which contains Tracy's medical records. It is revealed that Tracy miscarried with her twins, the day before she fell down the stairs and blamed Becky for the miscarriage. Steve is disgusted that Tracy framed Becky as a "murderer" and leaves The Rovers Return. Becky goes to the airport, with Steve following her. Becky tells him she can't stay in Weatherfield and departs for Barbados, with new boyfriend Danny Stratton and his son, Billy. Steve returns to Weatherfield, heartbroken, while Becky travels first class with Danny. When he asks does she have any regrets, she informs him: "Regret's are for people on the ground. We're heading for the stars".
• 10 February 2012: Rosie Webster leaves Weatherfield to participate in a reality television show, ending her relationship with Jason Grimshaw in the process.
• 5 March 2012: Frank Foster takes charge of the Underworld and vows to fire all the employees, turn it into a warehouse and drive into the sunset with lover Jenny Sumner. He has now become an enemy to many of the residents. Someone has had enough and Sean Tully and Julie Carp discover Frank's lifeless body on the floor of Underworld. Sally Webster is found standing over his body but claims she wasn't capable of murder. She is just one of six suspects as the others are: Carla Connor, Frank's ex-fiancée and business partner; Peter Barlow, Carla's lover; Michelle Connor, Carla's best friend and employee of Frank's; Kevin Webster, Sally's ex-husband; and Anne Foster, Frank's mother.
• 19 March 2012: After Frank Foster's funeral, Sally Webster goes over to Anne Foster's to make sure she's okay and she then learns Anne murdered Frank. Sally tries to run out tripping over the carpet in the hall, hitting her head on the banister and leaving her unconscious. Anne decides not to phone an ambulance and instead packs her bags to flee the country. Carla Connor then goes over to Anne's to find out if Anne knew Frank raped Carla. Anne then admits to Carla that she overheard Frank taunting Carla in the factory the night he was murdered about how he raped her and got away with it and he might try again, she then went on to admit to Carla that she murdered Frank. Carla finds Sally upstairs and goes to phone an ambulance. Anne then threatens Carla with a knife and says she will kill her too if she phones the police. Kevin Webster then goes to Anne's as he was getting worried about Sally, he looks through a glass panel in the door and sees Anne threatening Carla with the knife and goes in the backdoor to save her. He then phones an ambulance for Sally and Anne hands herself in to the police.
• 16 April 2012: Street veteran Betty Williams dies peacefully in her sleep. Terry Duckworth also returns to the Street and intends to build a strip club, he attacks his son Tommy before realising his true identity.
• 4 June 2012: Rita Sullivan is kidnapped by loan shark, Rick Neelan, on her wedding day to Dennis Tanner as Rita's friend, Tina McIntyre's, boyfriend Tommy Duckworth owes money to Rick. Tina and Kirsty Soames later sort Rick out for good.
• 16 July 2012: Peter Barlow and Carla Connor leave Weatherfield after realising that Peter needs a break from the Street, his ex-wife Leanne and son Simon.
• 23 July 2012: Karl Munro and Sunita Alahan's affair is uncovered by Stella Price, Eva Price and Leanne Barlow. Stella then slaps Sunita for sleeping with Karl behind her back.
• 5 September 2012: Stella Price's mother, Gloria, arrives in Weatherfield.
• 9 September 2012: Kirsty Soames goes into labour after months of feuding results in Tina McIntyre pushing her over in The Rovers Return. She later gives birth to daughter Ruby Soames in the back room, aided by Marcus Dent and Gloria Price.
• 21 November 2012: Kirsty Soames switches the sewing machine on at Underworld while Fiz Stape is fixing and she gets her hand caught in it. She later threatens for her to leave her fiancé, Tyrone Dobbs alone.
• 30 November 2012: Sick of Kirsty Soames' scheming, Fiz Stape attacks her in Underworld, leading to a fight. The fight is broken up by Rob Donovan and Tommy Duckworth.
• 12 December 2012: Leanne Barlow and Carla Connor share an almighty catfight outside Underworld, with Rob Donovan and Steve McDonald having to stop them.
• 25 December 2012: Nick Tilsley discovers that fiancée Leanne Barlow visited ex-husband Peter on the morning of their wedding, leaves her at the altar and later that evening sleeps with his sister-in-law, Kylie Platt.
• 31 December 2012: Fiz Stape collapses of carbon monoxide poisoning.

  2013

• 10 January 2013: Nick Tilsley and Leanne Barlow finally remarry after temporarily splitting over Christmas, but Nick's sister-in-law Kylie Platt whom he slept with on Christmas Day discovers she is pregnant.
• 23 January 2013: Kirsty Soames falls down the stairs after trying to hit Tyrone Dobbs after their failed wedding, when Kirsty exposes Tyrone's affair with Fiz Stape. In hospital, Kirsty lies to the police that Tyrone has been physically abusing her, leading to Tyrone's arrest.
• 13 March 2013: Karl Munro blows up Jason Grimshaw's van after kidnapping Stella Price to get revenge on Jason because he moved into The Rovers Return with Stella. Paul Kershaw proposes to Eileen Grimshaw.
• 18 March 2013: Karl Munro sets fire to The Rovers Return after escaping the Full Monty concert organised by the fire service. Stella Price is saved by Karl, but falls unconscious shortly afterwards, but recovers soon after in hospital. Karl is rescued by firefighter Toni Griffiths, who dies when the roof collapses. Sunita Alahan is also left unconscious, but in a worse state.
• 29 March 2013: Kirsty Soames pleads guilty at Tyrone Dobbs' trial after slapping Julie Carp, because she doesn't think their daughter Ruby would be safe with her and so Tyrone would get custody of Ruby.
• 3 April 2013: Sunita Alahan dies in hospital after Karl Munro removes her oxygen tube because she was recovering and Karl didn't want her to tell anyone that he started the fire at The Rovers Return. Kirsty Soames is imprisoned for abusing Tyrone Dobbs.
• 19 April 2013: Sinead Tinker first appears as a new love interest for Chesney Brown.
• 11 May 2013: David Platt collapses and suffers a seizure due to his epilepsy.
• 26 May 2013: The Rovers Return reopens.
• 27 May 2013: Tina McIntyre goes into labour and gives birth to Gary Windass and Izzy Armstrong's baby, Jake.
• 7 June 2013: Tina McIntyre decides to keep Gary Windass and Izzy Armstrong's baby. This causes tension in the Armstrong family.
• 21 June 2013: Anna Windass slaps Tina McIntyre in The Rovers Return over her decision to keep her son Gary and Izzy Armstrong's baby.
• 22 July 2013: Hayley Cropper is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
• 5 August 2013: David Platt and Nick Tilsley are involved in a car accident after Nick finds out that David knows about him sleeping with his wife Kylie Platt and is about to go home and tell his wife, Leanne Tilsley, but David is worried that it will ruin his relationship with Kylie, so he unfastens Nick's seatbelt and causes the car to swerve and collide with a lorry. David is unharmed, but Nick is rushed to hospital in a coma.
• 12 August 2013: Tina McIntyre throws a glass of wine in Tracy Barlow's face after she makes snide remarks about her surrogacy battle. She then flees to the Red Rec, followed by Rita Tanner. While searching for Tina, Rita is violently mugged by a gang of youths.
• 26 August 2013: Kylie Platt gives birth to her daughter Lily. Sally Webster and Anna Windass share a catfight at their rival barbecues.
• 2 September 2013: Doctors reveal to Roy and Hayley Cropper that her cancer is terminal, leaving the couple devastated.
• 13 September 2013: Karl Munro is arrested after he confesses to murdering Sunita Alahan and setting fire to The Rovers Return on his wedding day to Stella Price.
• 9 October 2013: David Platt sends off for a DNA test to prove whether Lily Platt is his or Nick Tilsley's daughter, without his wife Kylie Platt knowing.
• 13 October 2013: Lily Platt's father is revealed to be David Platt after the DNA results come back. Nick Tilsley becomes aware of this and after an argument, is threatened by David. Kylie Platt still believes that David is having an affair with Tina McIntyre.
• 14 October 2013: Liz McDonald returns to the street. After sharing a catfight in The Rovers Return, Kylie Platt demands answers from Tina McIntyre. Nick Tilsley finally arrives home from hospital.
• 16 October 2013: On the day of Lily Platt's christening, all the Platts' secrets are revealed: Kylie Platt sleeping with Nick Tilsley ; David Platt's hate campaign and who caused the car accident.
• 4 November 2013: Todd Grimshaw returns to Weatherfield.
• 4 December 2013: Carla Connor marries Peter Barlow who kisses Tina McIntyre later that night, after weeks of flirting and close calls.
• 25 December 2013: Nick Tilsley slaps his wife Leanne at the Platt/Tilsley/Price Christmas meal in The Bistro. Kylie Platt is arrested after fighting with Tina McIntyre yet again. Hayley Cropper enjoys her hectic last Christmas.
• 30 December 2013: Peter Barlow and Tina McIntyre have sex while his wife Carla Barlow is visiting dying Hayley Cropper.

  2014

• 20 January 2014: Hayley Cropper dies after drinking a lethal cocktail with husband Roy by her side.
• 31 January 2014: Hayley Cropper's funeral takes place in Weatherfield. Maddie Heath kisses Sophie Webster whilst trying to avoid her help.
• 14 February 2014: Peter Barlow and Tina McIntyre sleep together again while his wife Carla Barlow is away in Paris. He hands Tina the keys to his flat so they can spend more time together.
• 21 February 2014: Gloria Price and Dennis Tanner leave Weatherfield together, despite Dennis being married to Rita Tanner. They harshly bid farewell to Rita before leaving.
• 26 February 2014: Gary Windass hits Pat Phelan with a plank of wood on site at the construction site; the pair had a fight when Gary confronted Phelan for attempting to rape his mother Anna Windass. As Phelan remains unconscious, Gary summons his boss and Anna's partner Owen Armstrong and the pair later find that Phelan had disappeared.
• 17 March 2014: Marcus Dent is caught cheating on Maria Connor with Todd Grimshaw.
• 21 March 2014: Kevin Webster returns to Weatherfield after a 13-month absence looking after his ill father, Bill. This storyline was devised to explain Le Vell's temporary departure from the soap as he fought charges of sexual offences, which he was later cleared of.
• 24 March 2014: Michael Rodwell appears for the first time burgling Gail McIntyre's house.
• 26 March 2014: Pat Phelan forces Owen Armstrong to relinquish his £80,000 investment after finding out that he and his protege Gary Windass had planned to steal his tiles, thus leaving both the Armstrong and Windass families on the potential of financial bankruptcy.
• 2 April 2014: Stella Price leaves the street for New York after deciding that there is nothing left for her in Weatherfield.
• 11 April 2014: Pat Phelan blackmails Anna Windass into sleep with him in exchange for ending his torment of her boyfriend Owen Armstrong and son Gary Windass by releasing the pair from their contracts.
• 18 April 2014: Dennis Tanner returns to Weatherfield after sleeping on the streets again and being beaten up.
• 9 May 2014: Izzy Armstrong steals some of the money from the late Hayley Cropper's cancer charity fund. Peter Barlow returns from two weeks in rehab.
• 26 May 2014: Rita Tanner slaps Tina McIntyre when she insults the number of times she has got married.
• 27 May 2014: Tina McIntyre is pushed off a balcony by Rob Donovan after threatening to tell the police about his dodgy dealings with Tony Stewart. She survives the fall, but Rob beats her with a metal pipe when she refuses to keep quiet.
• 2 June 2014: Tina McIntyre dies in hospital as she succumbs to her injuries caused by Rob Donovan.
• 4 June 2014: Carla Barlow miscarries her baby from the stress of finding out that her husband Peter Barlow was having an affair and being accused of murdering Peter's mistress, Tina McIntyre.
• 23 June 2014: Tina McIntyre's funeral is held, although Peter Barlow and Rob Donovan brawl over her death.
• 25 June 2014: Gary Windass goes out clubbing and kisses newcomer Alya Nazir behind his girlfriend Izzy Armstrong's back.
• 14 July 2014: Peter Barlow is arrested and charged with the murder of Tina McIntyre. Marcus Dent leaves Weatherfield when his relationship with Todd Grimshaw turns sour.
• 30 July 2014: Dennis Tanner leaves Weatherfield for the last time after punching Norris Cole in the face.
• 4 August 2014: Ken Barlow returns to Weatherfield after a 15-month absence taking care of his son abroad. As with Le Vell, this storyline was conceived after Roache temporary left the soap to fight charges of sexual offences, which he was cleared of.
• 8 August 2014: Peter Barlow bumps into Jim McDonald whilst in prison.
• 13 August 2014: Michael Rodwell accidentally runs over Gail McIntyre in his ice cream van. Jenna Kamara leaves Weatherfield to explore voluntary work.
• 25 August 2014: Tyrone Dobbs falls through the loft conversion that Jason Grimshaw is working on in his house. Tyrone is rushed to hospital with a broken wrist and broken ribs.
• 29 August 2014: Peter Barlow is rushed to hospital with alcohol poisoning after drinking Jim McDonald's secret stash of booze in prison.
• 26 September 2014: Andrea Beckett hangs from the roof of The Rovers Return as she attempts to retrieve her unhinged ex-husband, Neil Beckett. She is saved by the fire brigade, and Neil finally agrees to go through with the divorce proceedings.
• 20 October 2014: Peter Barlow is found guilty for Tina McIntyre's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 15 years.
• 22 October 2014: Cilla Battersby-Brown returns to Weatherfield and reveals to Sinead Tinker that she has severe osteoporosis.
• 27 October 2014: Carla Connor discovers that her brother, Rob Donovan, murdered Tina McIntyre.
• 31 October 2014: Rob Donovan is revealed as Tina McIntyre's murderer at his wedding to Tracy Barlow. Rob's sister, Carla Connor, and Tracy come to blows over recent events.
• 5 November 2014: Rob Donovan leaves Weatherfield after finally being arrested for killing Tina McIntyre.
• 7 November 2014: Todd Grimshaw is violently attacked by a gang of thugs. He is rushed to hospital, where he is told he will most likely have permanent scarring on his face.
• 12 November 2014: Cilla Battersby-Brown falls down the stairs and is rushed to hospital. She is told that she has severely fractured one of the ligaments in her spine.
• 14 November 2014: After being released from prison, Peter Barlow decides to leave Weatherfield to start afresh in Portsmouth.
• 25 December 2014: Kylie Platt leaves Weatherfield after her husband; David discovers she has been buying drugs from Callum Logan.

  2015

• 9 January 2015: Beth Tinker and Kirk Sutherland get married.
• 19 January 2015: A minibus crash occurs when the Underworld staff are being transported to an awards' ceremony. When everybody is out of the wreckage, the vehicle falls off a cliff. The accident left Sinead Tinker with severe spinal injuries, Carla Connor with a broken leg and the other factory workers with many cuts and bruises.
• 9 February 2015: Izzy and Katy Armstrong's estranged mother, Linda Hancock, arrives in Weatherfield after being absent from their lives for 18 years.
• 13 February 2015: Faye Windass discovers that she is pregnant at 12 years of age.
• 18 February 2015: Jenny Bradley returns to Weatherfield after 21 years when she begins dating Kevin Webster.
• 2 March 2015: Gavin Rodwell arrives in Weatherfield, panicking Andy Carver and Steph Britton.
• 9 March 2015: Gavin Rodwell reveals to Gail McIntyre that he is the real "Gavin Rodwell", and not Andy Carver. The revelation leads to Gail being extremely late for her wedding to Michael Rodwell, and they therefore do not get married.
• 13 March 2015: Gavin Rodwell dies in a car accident, meaning that Andy Carver must pretend to be "Gavin Rodwell" for the rest of his life.
• 20 March 2015: A 14-year-old Bethany Platt returns to Weatherfield and stirs trouble between Andy Carver and Steph Britton before revealing that she wishes to remain on the street permanently. Katy Armstrong leaves Weatherfield with her son, Joseph, for Portugal to live with her mother, Linda Hancock.
• 30 March 2015: Sarah Platt returns to Weatherfield to retrieve her troublesome daughter Bethany but they end up moving back to the street permanently later on.
• 3 April 2015: Faye Windass goes into labour and her baby, Miley, is delivered by Anna Windass, Sophie Webster, Owen Armstrong, Sally Webster, Tim Metcalfe and Craig Tinker.
• 24 April 2015: Gail McIntyre and Michael Rodwell get married, Gail's sixth time down the aisle.
• 27 April 2015: Jenny Bradley slaps Maria Connor after she refuses to believe Jenny when she tells her that Liam Connor Jr. hit Jack Webster.
• 13 May 2015: Liz McDonald is attacked in The Rovers by two thugs, unaware that the attack has been organised by her partner, Tony Stewart.
• 26 May 2015: Steve McDonald and Michelle Connor get married.
• 27 May 2015: Tracy Barlow unintentionally sets fire to the Victoria Court flats, trapping Carla Connor and her own daughter Amy Barlow. Leanne Battersby and Kal Nazir bravely enter the burning building and save Carla, before re-entering to save Amy. However, the ceiling collapses and they all become trapped. Amy and Leanne escape through the window, seconds before the building explodes, killing Kal. After uncovering Jenny Bradley's plans to run away with Kevin Webster's son Jack, Maddie Heath rushes to reveal all to Kevin however, there is a second explosion at the building yard and Maddie is sent flying across the street.
• 29 May 2015: Kylie Platt returns to Weatherfield after a five-month absence from the Platts.
• 1 June 2015: Michael Rodwell finally discovers that Andy Carver is not his son after he is delivered a photo album in the post. He is furious and blames his wife Gail Rodwell for the situation. Maddie Heath dies in hospital from her injuries sustained in the building yard explosion in the aftermath of the Victoria Court fire.
• 8 June 2015: Simon Barlow viciously attacks stepmother Leanne Battersby by throwing a television remote control at her, leaving her with a bruised face as he struggles to cope with Leanne's fiancé Kal Nazir's death.
• 12 June 2015: Jenny Bradley goes ahead with her plan to snatch Jack Webster and they both arrive at an apartment complex in Hull. They are soon tracked down by Kevin Webster and Rita Tanner and following a confrontation on the balcony, Jenny hands back Jack and is promptly arrested for child abduction.
• 17 June 2015: Sharif Nazir suffers an asthma attack while working at the gym.
• 26 June 2015: Erica Holroyd miscarries her baby after experiencing stomach pains during a pub quiz.
• 29 June 2015: Gail Rodwell and Eileen Grimshaw have a public catfight in the street over Eileen's kiss with Gail's husband, Michael.
• 8 July 2015: Deirdre Barlow dies off-screen from a sudden brain aneurysm. Bev Unwin returns to Weatherfield to break the news to her husband Ken and her daughter Tracy.
• 13 July 2015: Deirdre Barlow is laid to rest at her funeral, attended by many of the residents. Peter Barlow later makes a brief return to Weatherfield after the funeral. Her funeral also marked the return of her daughter, Tracy's ex-husband, Robert Preston.
• 20 July 2015: Dan Jones holds Leanne Battersby, Simon Barlow and Liz McDonald hostage in Leanne's flat after Leanne and Liz exposed his past of beating up prostitutes to the entire pub.
• 24 July 2015: Robert Preston's secret wife, Joni, slaps Tracy Barlow after witnessing her kissing Robert in the couple's restaurant.
• 29 July 2015: Cathy Matthews is in danger as the towers of clutter in her house fall on her, trapping her and knocking her temporarily unconscious. She shouts for help, and eventually Roy Cropper helps her by breaking down the door and removing the clutter from her, saving her.
• 10 August 2015: Simon Barlow violently kicks his stepmother Leanne Battersby, causing her to bleed badly.
• 19 August 2015: Callum Logan launches a vicious attack on Jason Grimshaw as he attempts to protect Sarah and Bethany Platt from Callum.
• 28 August 2015: Tony Stewart beats up Callum Logan after discovering that he was the culprit who attacked his son Jason Grimshaw, leaving Callum frightened and scared.
• 7 September 2015: Tracy Barlow reveals to Carla Connor that she was the person who started the fire at the Victoria Court flats after Carla prepares to throw herself off a cliff as she cannot cope with her guilt. A clifftop fight then breaks out between the two women, and Carla phoning the police.
• 11 September 2015: Estranged from Lloyd Mullaney, Andrea Beckett finds out that she is pregnant with his child.
• 23 September 2015: Callum Logan is murdered by Kylie Platt as he attacks Sarah Platt during the live episode celebrating ITV's 60th anniversary. Lloyd Mullaney and Andrea Beckett depart Weatherfield.
• 30 September 2015: Tyrone Dobbs and Fiz Stape are told that Fiz's daughter, Hope, has a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma.
• 5 October 2015: Tim Metcalfe and Sally Webster are married. Tim almost jilts Sally due to her kiss with Kevin Webster, but is convinced by Kevin and Craig Tinker. Johnny and Kate Connor tell Carla Connor that the money Aidan Connor invested in Underworld was actually Johnny's.
• 2 December 2015: Sarah Platt is knocked down by Tim Metcalfe's van during an argument with her brother, David. After regaining consciousness in hospital, she is told she is four months pregnant with Callum Logan's baby.
• 7 December 2015: Rob Donovan begins blackmailing Johnny Connor for money, threatening to reveal that he is actually Carla Connor's biological father if he does not comply.
• 25 December 2015: Tyrone Dobbs organises for the street to be transformed into Lapland for his seriously ill stepdaughter, Hope, where he also proposes to Fiz Stape. Robert Preston also proposes to Tracy Barlow in The Rovers, but confronts her publicly about her meetings with Rob Donovan.
• 31 December 2015: After learning that Johnny Connor is her father, Carla Connor angrily slaps him before ordering him to leave Weatherfield. Kevin Webster and Anna Windass kiss passionately, as do Aidan Connor and Eva Price. Emily Bishop decides to pursue voluntary work in Peru.

  2016

• 1 January 2016: Carla Connor and Robert Preston sleep together after bumping into one another at a casino. Emily Bishop leaves Weatherfield for Peru.
• 8 January 2016: After discovering that her sister Nessa Warner had been having an affair with her late husband Alan, Cathy Matthews decides to burn all of their love letters. However, the fire spreads rapidly, and Cathy finds herself trapped in the building. Roy Cropper comes to her rescue and saves her life, so Cathy moves in with Roy.
• 18 January 2016: Carla Connor is brutally attacked in the bistro by Jamie Bowman and his friend, Lee. Unbeknown to Carla, but Tracy Barlow is witnessing the attack. When the thugs take her handbag, Carla gives chase and is subsequently dragged down the street by their speeding van, landing her in a critical condition. Pat Phelan returns to Weatherfield.
• 21 March 2016: Sarah Platt gives birth to her and deceased Callum Logan's baby son Harry via caesarean section after going into labour in Tracy Barlow's flower shop.
• 25 April 2016: The Grimshaws are informed that Jason Grimshaw's father, Tony Stewart, has died from a suspected heart attack.
• 25 May 2016: Carla Connor and Nick Tilsley get married; however, Tracy Barlow exposes Carla's one-night stand with Robert Preston, leading to Nick's mother, Gail Rodwell, slapping Carla. Later, Carla sees Tracy in the road, so attempts to run her over, but swerves and instead runs over Cathy Matthews. This also causes Tyrone Dobbs and his fiancée Fiz Stape to crash into the Platts' house, leading to the discovery of Callum Logan's corpse buried underneath Gail's annexe.
• 26 May 2016: Carla Connor leaves Weatherfield for good after realising that there is nothing left for her when Nick Tilsley dumps her.
• 19 June 2016: Billy Mayhew's brother, Lee, holds Sarah Platt hostage to receive £1,000 from Billy. He tricks Sarah into believing that Callum Logan is actually "alive". He gets angry and tries to rape her but she is saved by her brother David Platt.
• 23 June 2016: Sarah Platt is sectioned to a psychiatric unit after suffering a mental breakdown in which she locks and barricades her own family outside the house, believing the deceased Callum Logan is coming after her.
• 29 June 2016: Jason Grimshaw leaves Weatherfield to begin afresh in Thailand.
• 1 July 2016: Tracy Barlow collapses in the ginnel from a kidney infection.
• 11 July 2016: Leanne Battersby discovers she is pregnant after believing she is infertile for the last five years.
• 15 July 2016: Kylie Platt is stabbed in the chest by Clayton Hibbs during a scuffle outside the kebab shop while defending Gemma Winter and later dies in her husband, David Platt's, arms.
• 22 July 2016: Steve McDonald is revealed to be the father of Leanne Battersby's baby.
• 1 August 2016: Kylie Platt's funeral takes place in Weatherfield, where Todd Grimshaw discovers the truth about Callum Logan's murder.
• 19 October 2016: Ken Barlow is hospitalised after suffering a stroke during an argument with his newly returned son, Peter Barlow.
• 21 October 2016: David Platt crashes his car into Gary Windass and his own daughter, Lily, in his quest to kill his wife Kylie's murderer, Clayton Hibbs. After everybody is rescued, the car explodes, with Gary's mother Anna Windass being set on fire due to David's car being full of petrol.
• 4 November 2016: Sharif Nazir leaves Weatherfield after his wife Yasmeen throws him out when his affair with Sonia Rahman is revealed.
• 18 November 2016: Michael Rodwell dies from a heart attack whilst trying to confront Pat Phelan and foil his scam on Weatherfield residents.
• 12 December 2016: On Roy Cropper and Cathy Matthews' wedding day, Cathy realises that Roy does not actually want to marry her and is still in love with his deceased wife, Hayley. They agree to continue as friends, breaking Cathy's heart.
• 15 December 2016: Andy Carver brutally attacks Pat Phelan by striking him over the head with a brick after suspecting that he was involved with Michael Rodwell's death.
• 25 December 2016: Toyah Battersby unexpectedly returns to the street, having split with her husband. Nick Tilsley and Peter Barlow brawl in the street, as Nick believes that he is having an affair with his girlfriend, and Peter's ex-wife, Leanne Battersby. It is later revealed that it is actually Toyah who Peter is having an affair with. Elsewhere, Bethany Platt overdoses on diet pills and collapses, but is rescued by Nathan Curtis.
• 30 December 2016: A powercut in Weatherfield on New Year's Eve leads to a fragile Anna Windass falling down the stairs while looking after her partner Kevin Webster's son, Jack.

  2017

• 11 January 2017: After being taken to hospital for stomach pains, a pregnant Michelle Connor goes into labour after a 23-week pregnancy, and subsequently her baby, Ruairi, dies before he is born, devastating Michelle and her husband Steve McDonald.
• 16 January 2017: Andy Carver sets fire to Kevin Webster's garage on orders from Pat Phelan, who is blackmailing Andy after he attacked him.
• 20 January 2017: Pat Phelan supposedly murders Andy Carver by bludgeoning him with the laptop containing evidence that he was present at the death of Michael Rodwell. He then goes to the registry office and marries Eileen Grimshaw.
• 23 January 2017: Michelle Connor contemplates suicide as she sits on a bridge the day before her stillborn baby, Ruairi's, funeral. She is talked down by Robert Preston, who she attempts to kiss, but he contacts her husband Steve McDonald to take care of her.
• 6 February 2017: Rosie and Sophie Webster return to Weatherfield from Miami, unaware that Rosie has unknowingly smuggled white powder into the country, which they are both arrested for by the police.
• 8 February 2017: Sinead Tinker cheats on Chesney Brown and has sex with Daniel Osbourne in the Underworld storage cupboard, taking his virginity.
• 20 February 2017: Leanne Battersby gives birth to her baby son Oliver in the elevator at Victoria Court after it breaks down. Oliver is delivered by Leanne's stepsister, Toyah Battersby.
• 24 February 2017: Steve McDonald reveals to everybody in the Bistro that he is the father of Leanne Battersby's baby, Oliver, devastating his wife Michelle Connor, who punches Leanne across the face.
• 24 March 2017: Sinead Tinker has a termination to abort Daniel Osbourne's baby after being forced to by his father, Ken Barlow.
• 27 March 2017: Ken Barlow is pushed down the stairs by an unknown assailant.
• 10 April 2017: Sally Metcalfe is delivered an animal heart after being stalked and terrorised by an internet troll. She is found cowering in the corner of Underworld by Tim Metcalfe and Sophie Webster.
• 14 April 2017: Michelle Connor and Robert Preston becomes a couple for real romance, much to the anger of her soon-to-be ex-husband, Steve McDonald.
• 17 April 2017: Shona Ramsey is revealed to be Clayton Hibbs' mother, the youth who murdered Kylie Platt the previous July.
• 28 April 2017: Bethany Platt is forced to have sex with her "boyfriend" Nathan Curtis' friend Neil Clifton, after months of grooming her has led to sexual exploitation.
• 29 May 2017: Daniel Osbourne confesses to his father Ken Barlow that he was responsible for pushing him down the stairs.
• 30 May 2017: Denise Osbourne returns after a 10-year absence in the midst of a hostage situation between her son Daniel and his father Ken Barlow. Nick Tilsley finds himself stuck in quicksand after falling out with everybody on a family day out to the seaside. Shona Ramsey is brutally beaten up by two thugs on orders from Nathan Curtis as she attempts to rescue Bethany Platt from his sex ring.
• 1 June 2017: Bethany Platt is gang raped by three older men as part of Nathan Curtis' undercover sex ring.
• 2 June 2017: Nick Tilsley leaves Weatherfield after saying a personal farewell to his mother, Gail Rodwell.
• 7 June 2017: David Platt and Shona Ramsey kiss in hospital whilst Gail Rodwell is arriving to visit.
• 9 June 2017: After visiting Kylie Platt's grave, Shona Ramsey reveals to David Platt that she is Clayton Hibbs' mother. She leaves Weatherfield after getting upset by David.
• 16 June 2017: After a confrontation with his adoptive half-sister Tracy Barlow and being rejected by his girlfriend Sinead Tinker, Daniel Osbourne overdoses on cocaine and alcohol, with his nephew Adam Barlow and Robert Preston rushing him to hospital.
• 21 June 2017: After discovering that her abuser Nathan Curtis is intending to send her to Bulgaria to work as a sex slave, Bethany Platt escapes and calls the police, and Nathan is subsequently arrested.
• 26 June 2017: Eva Price discovers her boyfriend Aidan Connor's affair with her best friend Maria Connor, so begins plotting revenge, starting with faking a pregnancy to trap Aidan.
• 3 July 2017: Chesney Brown is stabbed with a glass bottle during a hostage situation at the local restaurant involving Robert Preston, Michelle Connor and Daniel Osbourne. Daniel saves Chesney's life by applying pressure to the stab wound, however Sinead Tinker believes that Daniel is responsible for the stabbing.
• 18 August 2017: It is revealed that Pat Phelan has been holding Andy Carver hostage in a cellar since January after seemingly killing him with a laptop.
• 15 September 2017: Rita Tanner publicly collapses in The Rovers Return during Jenny Bradley and Eva Price's joint hen party.
• 18 September 2017: Rita Tanner is diagnosed with a brain tumour after collapsing in The Rovers Return, devastating Jenny Bradley and Gemma Winter.
• 20 September 2017: Maria Connor exposes Eva Price's pregnancy lie, leading to her and Aidan Connor not getting married, and Maria and Eva having a catfight in a water fountain at the venue. Elsewhere, Johnny Connor and Jenny Bradley get married in hospital so that Rita Tanner can be a witness.
• 22 September 2017: Michelle Connor realises that her ex-boyfriend Will Chatterton is her stalker, and begs her arch-enemy Leanne Battersby and ex-husband Steve McDonald to help her.
• 25 September 2017: Michelle Connor is held hostage by her stalker Will Chatterton, and when Leanne Battersby attempts to rescue her, Will causes her to fall down the stairs, knocking her unconscious. Michelle's ex-husband, Steve McDonald then arrives and punches Will, rescuing both Michelle and Leanne.
• 4 October 2017: After a tense trial, Nathan Curtis, Neil Clifton and other perpetrators of Nathan's undercover sex ring are found guilty of child grooming and sexual exploitation, much to the relief of Bethany Platt and her mother, Sarah.
• 16 October 2017: Summer Spellman smokes spice and falls unconscious. She is found in the ginnel by Peter Barlow, who alerts her guardians Todd Grimshaw and Billy Mayhew. Later, Peter tells Billy that his son Simon Barlow dared Summer to smoke the spice, so Billy savagely beats Peter up in his flat.
• 25 October 2017: Anna Windass slaps Seb Franklin in the café after he accuses her of calling Social Services, much to the delight of Pat Phelan. Anna later visits Phelan at his office and tries to attack him with a hammer, however he pushes Anna to the floor. Later, Seb falls from a ladder while window cleaning, and is admitted to hospital. Anna reveals to Phelan's daughter Nicola Rubinstein that Phelan blackmailed her to have sex with him.
• 27 October 2017: Nicola Rubinstein discovers that her father Pat Phelan raped her mother, and that this is how she was conceived. She tells Phelan she wants nothing more to do with him. Phelan then forces Andy Carver to murder Vinny Ashford, so Andy reluctantly shoots Vinny and kills him. Andy then points the gun at Phelan, however he talks Andy into giving him the gun, before shooting and killing Andy, too.
• 17 November 2017: Zeedan and Rana Nazir remarry, much to Kate Connor's upset as she and Rana are in love with one another.
• 1 December 2017: Luke Britton catches Rana Nazir and Kate Connor having sex in the back of a van.
• 18 December 2017: Anna Windass knocks out Eileen Phelan with a pair of bolt cutters, believing her to be her husband, Pat Phelan. Anna is then arrested and sent to prison.
• 21 December 2017: Billy Mayhew confesses to Peter Barlow that he was present at the death of his twin sister, Susan Barlow, after being stabbed outside of court.
• 22 December 2017: Carla Connor returns to Weatherfield after Aidan Connor contacts her over the factory's financial state.
• 25 December 2017: Billy Mayhew falls off a cliff during a confrontation with Peter Barlow following the revelation that Billy was present at his twin sister Susan Barlow's death. Billy is alive and rushed to hospital, where he is told that he may be paralysed.
• 29 December 2017: Carla Connor reveals to Roy Cropper that she has kidney failure and in need of a kidney transplant, so Roy looks into donating her his own kidney.

  2018

• 5 January 2018: Pat Phelan murders Luke Britton after a car chase causes Luke's car to crash and Phelan shoots him, before shooting the engine on the vehicle and Luke perishing in an explosion.
• 12 January 2018: Chesney Brown and Sinead Tinker's wedding day ends in disaster when Chesney jilts Sinead at the altar after fearing that she will eventually leave him.
• 20 January 2018: Eva Price discovers she is pregnant by her cheating ex-fiancé, Aidan Connor.
• 22 January 2018: Anna Windass is found guilty of GBH after her arch-enemy, Pat Phelan, framed her for pushing his apprentice Seb Franklin off a ladder.
• 31 January 2018: Zeedan Nazir finds out about his wife, Rana Nazir's, affair with Kate Connor and kicks her out.
• 2 February 2018: Carla Connor has sex with Daniel Osbourne.
• 7 February 2018: Carla Connor collapses in The Rovers Return during an argument with her ex-husband, Peter Barlow, about her one-night stand with his half-brother, Daniel Osbourne. The residents then learn of Carla's kidney failure.
• 16 February 2018: Michelle Connor's biological son, Ali Neeson, returns to Weatherfield as a doctor at the Medical Centre.
• 19 February 2018: Aidan Connor donates his kidney to his half-sister, Carla Connor.
• 24 February 2018: Pat Phelan disowns his daughter Nicola Rubinstein after discovering that she had been conspiring with Gary Windass and Seb Franklin against him.
• 28 February 2018: While working at a lap dancer, a customer reminds Bethany Platt of her abuser Nathan Curtis, so she strikes him in the face with a glass bottle.
• 10 March 2018: Toyah Battersby and a pregnant Eva Price devise a plan for Eva to give birth and then claim the baby is Toyah and her fiancé, Peter Barlow's.
• 16 March 2018: David Platt is drugged and raped by his best friend, Josh Tucker.
• 21 March 2018: Carla Connor has sex with her best friend, Michelle Connor's, son, Ali Neeson.
• 22 March 2018: Martin Platt returns for the first time in twelve years after his son, David, visits him following his rape at the hands of Josh Tucker.
• 26 March 2018: Audrey Roberts, Roy Cropper and Brian Packham are attacked by Simon Barlow, Tyler Jefferies and other gang members. They are scared off by Gemma Winter, and Audrey is hospitalised.
• 30 March 2018: Eileen Phelan kicks her husband Pat Phelan into the sea after finally discovering the extend of his crimes following a voicemail message she received from Seb Franklin and Gary Windass who have unearthed the corpses of Phelan's two murdered victims, Andy Carver and Vinny Ashford.
• 2 April 2018: As the Weatherfield community learn about the many crimes of Pat Phelan, his wife Eileen is arrested for abetting her husband. Although everyone assumes that he is dead, they are left unaware that Phelan has actually survived and is in hiding at a B&B.
• 9 April 2018: David Platt almost beats Gary Windass to death during a charity boxing match organised by his rapist, Josh Tucker. David is arrested and Gary is hospitalised.
• 16 April 2018: Michelle Connor finds out about her son Ali Neeson and Carla Connor's affair and disowns Carla for her betrayal.
• 20 April 2018: Eileen Phelan and Nicola Rubinstein knock out an intruder with a frying pan. The intruder is revealed to be Seb Franklin's mother, Abi, who moves to the street permanently.
• 30 April 2018: Eva Price gives birth to her and Aidan Connor's daughter, Susie, at a cottage in Lymm. Susie is delivered by Toyah Battersby, who Eva has agreed to give Susie to due to Toyah's infertility.
• 7 May 2018: Aidan Connor commits suicide in his flat.
• 9 May 2018: Johnny Connor discovers his son, Aidan, has killed himself. David Platt confesses to Shona Ramsey that he was raped by Josh Tucker, and is arrested for missing his court hearing over his assault on Gary Windass. Gail Rodwell makes a speech following Aidan's suicide.
• 23 May 2018: Zeedan Nazir leaves Weatherfield after assaulting a man who launched a homophobic attack on his ex-wife, Rana Nazir, and her girlfriend, Kate Connor. Ryan Connor returns from Ibiza for his adoptive mother, Michelle Connor's, wedding to Robert Preston.
• 25 May 2018: A heavily pregnant Nicola Rubinstein falls down the stairs after fireworks set off by Faye Windass startle her. She is rushed to hospital and gives birth to her son, Zack, via caesarean section.
• 28 May 2018: Pat Phelan returns to the country to carry out his revenge plan against his wife Eileen Phelan, former apprentice Seb Franklin, and long-standing enemy Gary Windass.
• 1 June 2018: Gary Windass secretly abducts Pat Phelan back to Weatherfield, but Phelan escapes and ends up shooting his daughter, Nicola Rubinstein, whilst confronting his wife Eileen Phelan and Seb Franklin. After gatecrashing Robert Preston and Michelle Connor's wedding at the Bistro, Phelan shoots Michelle while attempting to take her hostage in his bid to escape Weatherfield. Shortly afterwards, Gary's mother Anna Windass - who was recently released from prison - confronts Phelan and stabs him in the chest with a kitchen knife, killing him.
• 6 June 2018: Lewis Archer returns to Weatherfield when it is revealed that he has been working with clairvoyant, Rosemary Piper, to scam Audrey Roberts and Gail Rodwell. Roy Cropper and Cathy Matthews help Gail and Audrey in foiling their plan.
• 11 June 2018: Johnny Connor has sex with Liz McDonald amidst his grief over his son, Aidan Connor's, suicide.
• 9 July 2018: Jack Webster's leg is amputated after contracting sepsis while playing football.
• 16 July 2018: Johnny Connor raises his fist at his wife, Jenny Connor, as he struggles with his grief over his son, Aidan's, suicide.
• 23 July 2018: Kayla Clifton hits Bethany Platt over the head with a vase and holds her hostage, believing her claims of sexual abuse against her father, Neil Clifton, to be false. She beats Bethany until Craig Tinker arrives and exposes Neil as a sex offender.
• 25 July 2018: Claudia Colby returns to Weatherfield.
• 30 July 2018: Josh Tucker is severely beaten up when Billy Mayhew warns Josh's next victim of his previous attacks. Josh is left blind and told he may never see again.
• 3 August 2018: Eva Price leaves Weatherfield with her daughter, Susie, after deciding she needs a fresh start after Aidan Connor's suicide and her ordeals with his father, Johnny Connor, and Toyah Battersby.
• 13 August 2018: Sally Metcalfe is arrested for fraud after being framed by Duncan Radfield.
• 7 September 2018: Jim McDonald returns to Weatherfield for his son, Steve's wedding to Tracy Barlow.
• 10 September 2018: Jim McDonald reveals to his ex-wife, Liz McDonald, that their daughter Katie is actually alive and has been living in Australia under the name Hannah Gilmore. This is later revealed to be a lie and Hannah is actually Jim's much younger mistress, as they attempt to scam Liz and Steve McDonald for their money.
• 12 September 2018: Tyrone Dobbs finds his long-lost grandmother, Evelyn Plummer. Evelyn later moves in with Tyrone, his fiancée Fiz Stape and their daughters after she is evicted from her home.
• 26 September 2018: Steve McDonald and Leanne Battersby are found having sex by Peter Barlow and Tim Metcalfe.
• 28 September 2018: Ryan Connor's friend, Cormac, dies at his family's flat after taking an overdose of contaminated drugs.
• 10 October 2018: Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow get married, however at the wedding reception, Leanne Battersby accidentally reveals to Tracy that she and Steve had sex a few days ago. Tracy punches Steve in the face and engages in a food fight with Leanne. Liz McDonald discovers Jim McDonald and Hannah Gilmore's lies. Liz confronts Jim at their daughter's grave, and pushes him to the ground. Daniel Osbourne and Sinead Tinker marry in the gardens, with a pregnant Sinead hiding the fact that she may have cervical cancer.
• 12 October 2018: Michelle Connor, Ryan Connor and Ali Neeson are involved in a car chase with Cormac's gangster father, Ronan Truman. When Ryan attempts to diffuse the situation, Ronan runs him over with his car. As Ronan attempts to make his escape, he reverses and runs over Leanne Battersby. Ronan then crashes his car into a tree, and Ali murders Ronan by removing a piece of wood that had impaled him, allowing Ronan to bleed to death. Nick Tilsley returns upon hearing news of Leanne's involvement in the accident. Hannah Gilmore exposes Liz McDonald and Johnny Connor's affair to Johnny's wife, Jenny Connor.
• 19 October 2018: A heavily pregnant Sinead Tinker is diagnosed with cervical cancer. She decides to keep her diagnosis from her husband, Daniel Osbourne, however Daniel's father, Ken Barlow, discovers the news.
• 29 October 2018: Sinead Tinker collapses in the toilets of The Rovers Return. She is rushed to hospital and her husband, Daniel Osbourne, finally discovers the truth about her cancer. He also discovers that his father, Ken Barlow, was aware of Sinead's cancer but did not tell anybody, and so Peter Barlow attempts to diffuse an argument between them.
• 12 November 2018: Audrey Roberts throws a bouquet of flowers at Claudia Colby after she nominates her for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the North West Hair Stylists' Awards.
• 28 November 2018: Sally Metcalfe is sentenced to four years imprisonment after being framed for fraud by Duncan Radfield and her own sister, Gina Seddon.
• 21 December 2018: Jenny Connor falls down the stairs during a confrontation with her husband, Johnny Connor, over his affair with Liz McDonald. This altercation leads to Gemma Winter believing that Johnny is abusing Jenny.
• 25 December 2018: A drunken Jenny Connor accidentally runs over Liz McDonald while fleeing The Rovers Return following an argument with her husband, Johnny Connor. Tim Metcalfe discovers Gina Seddon's role in getting his wife, Sally Metcalfe, imprisoned for fraud, that she has lying about Sally's affair with Duncan Radfield and that Gina lied that she and Tim slept together, and so Tim flips the table at Gina in anger.

  2019

• 1 January 2019: Lewis Archer dies from heart failure moments before proposing to his partner, Audrey Roberts. Audrey blames her daughter, Gail Rodwell for Lewis' death, due to the stress that Gail caused trying to split them up. Gemma Winter's twin brother, Paul Foreman, arrives looking for accommodation, and Carla Connor buys Peter Barlow a boat.
• 2 January 2019: Audrey Roberts discovers that the money in her account has been stolen. Audrey and her family begin suspecting the late Lewis Archer of stealing it.
• 11 January 2019: During a fight with Sally Metcalfe's husband, Tim Metcalfe, Duncan Radfield is struck by an oncoming van. Tim flees the scene and leaves Duncan for dead.
• 9 January 2019: It is revealed on the day of Lewis Archer's funeral that Audrey Roberts' eldest grandson, Nick Tilsley stole her money.
• 14 January 2019: Sinead Tinker gives birth to her and Daniel Osbourne's son, Bertie, via caesarean section. Sinead falls unconscious and is kept in hospital while Bertie is placed in an incubator.
• 16 January 2019: After being threatened with a knife in prison, Sally Metcalfe is released after Duncan Radfield confesses to framing her for fraud. David Platt discovers that Nick Tilsley stole their grandmother Audrey Roberts' money.
• 21 January 2019: 14-year-old Amy Barlow is revealed to be pregnant after sleeping with somebody at a party. She confides in her grandmother, Liz McDonald, however her parents Steve and Tracy McDonald are furious.
• 28 January 2019: Tyrone Dobbs discovers that his newfound grandmother Evelyn Plummer left him outside a police station days after he was born. Tyrone throws Evelyn out and so she leaves Weatherfield for France.
• 13 February 2019: Peter Barlow's boat goes up in flames outside of the factory. Peter's son, Simon, is trapped inside but Peter saves him.
• 15 February 2019: It is revealed Roy Cropper accidentally started the fire on Peter Barlow's boat by knocking over a paraffin lamp while sleepwalking.
• 18 February 2019: Gang leader Tyler Jefferies is revealed to be the father of Amy Barlow's unborn baby.
• 21 February 2019: Amy Barlow has an abortion, however allows her parents Steve and Tracy McDonald to believe that she suffered a miscarriage.
• 4 March 2019: Clayton Hibbs escapes from prison at his father's funeral and takes his mother, Shona Ramsey, hostage at an abandoned house. He becomes violent and attacks Shona with a knife, as Shona's boyfriend David Platt, Nick Tilsley and Gail Rodwell watch from outside in horror. Shona escapes and it is revealed that she stabbed Clayton in self-defence. Clayton is taken to hospital and Shona finally disowns him.
• 18 March 2019: On Kate Connor and Rana Habeeb's wedding day, the factory roof collapses, trapping Rana, Sally Metcalfe, Kirk Sutherland, Sean Tully, Paul Foreman, Gemma Winter and Emma Brooker. Earlier that morning, an unknown assailant sabotaged the factory roof when seeking revenge on Carla Connor.
• 20 March 2019: Rana Habeeb dies in her fiancée Kate Connor's arms from injuries sustained from the factory roof collapse.
• 10 April 2019: Sinead Tinker is given the all-clear from cervical cancer.
• 24 April 2019: Gemma Winter discovers that she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, Chesney Brown.
• 6 May 2019: Norris Cole returns to Weatherfield after two years to find his wife, Mary Cole attacking his current fiancée Freda Burgess and accusing Freda of murdering Norris.
• 30 May 2019: David Platt tells his grandmother Audrey Roberts that he and Nick Tilsley stole her money. Audrey slaps Nick when he insults Lewis Archer's memory. Audrey informs the rest of the family of David and Nick's deceit, and Shona Ramsey splits up from David.
• 31 May 2019: Carla Connor is sectioned after suffering a psychotic episode as she struggles with her guilt over the factory roof collapse and Rana Habeeb's death. She hallucinates seeing deceased friends and relatives, including Rana, her half-brother Aidan Connor and Hayley Cropper. Gary Windass is revealed to have caused the factory roof collapse.
• 5 June 2019: Gemma Winter and Chesney Brown are told that Gemma is pregnant with quadruplets.
• 7 June 2019: Norris Cole leaves Weatherfield with his fiancée Freda Burgess after persuading Mary Cole to sign their divorce papers.
• 10 June 2019: The new Bailey family arrive, consisting of Ed and Aggie Bailey and their two sons, Michael and James.
• 14 June 2019: Robert Preston is revealed to be living a double life and cheating on his fiancée Michelle Connor, and has impregnated gang leader Tyler Jefferies' mother, Vicky Jefferies.
• 19 June 2019: Gary Windass murders loan shark Rick Neelan in the woods and buries his corpse.
• 26 June 2019: Yasmeen Nazir is mugged in broad daylight. The mugging is later revealed to have been orchestrated by her partner, Geoff Metcalfe, as he begins coercively controlling and psychologically abusing Yasmeen.
• 5 July 2019: After Audrey Roberts is injured during an argument, David Platt and Nick Tilsley are arrested for breaching their bail conditions. David is remanded in custody as he is on probation, while Nick is released.
• 24 July 2019: Gemma Winter's mother, Bernie Winter, arrives in Weatherfield after discovering that she is pregnant with quadruplets.
• 7 August 2019: After getting involved with the modern slavery at the nail bar, Eileen Grimshaw is violently arrested alongside Jan Lozinski and Rachel Healy for exploiting young immigrants.
• 30 August 2019: Jan Lozinski is shot by Rachel Healy as he is about to go into witness protection with Eileen Grimshaw. He survives but Eileen ends their relationship.
• 9 September 2019: Daniel Osbourne and Sinead Tinker get married. Sinead finds a lump on her neck during the reception.
• 11 September 2019: Sinead Osbourne and her husband Daniel Osbourne are told that Sinead's cancer has returned in her liver and lymph nodes and that it is terminal.
• 13 September 2019: Kate Connor leaves Weatherfield to go travelling as she continues to struggle to come to terms with Rana Habeeb's death.
• 27 September 2019: Paul Foreman admits to Billy Mayhew that his mother Bernie Winter's boyfriend Kel Hinchley sexually abused him when he was 14 years old. Jade Rowan arrives to help Fiz Stape discipline her daughter, Hope.
• 21 October 2019: Daniel and Sinead Osbourne's families host an early Christmas as Sinead is told she will not see another Christmas. Following an argument with Sinead, Daniel storms out and meets Bethany Platt in the ginnel where they share a kiss, witnessed by Daniel's father, Ken Barlow. In Weatherfield Prison, Josh Tucker, David Platt's rapist, is stabbed.
• 25 October 2019: Sinead Osbourne dies from cancer after her husband, Daniel Osbourne admits to kissing Bethany Platt behind her back.
• 30 October 2019: Gemma Winter gives birth to her quadruplets on a cable car in Wales.
• 7 November 2019: David Platt is released from prison after Josh Tucker changes his statement. David then marries Shona Ramsey in his prison clothes at the Bistro.
• 11 November 2019: While visiting Vicky Jefferies, Robert Preston is involved in a car accident. This sparks a chain of events that eventually lead to his fiancée, Michelle Connor, finding out about his infidelity. Roy Cropper is introduced to his long-lost niece, Nina Lucas.
• 18 November 2019: Sinead Osbourne's funeral takes place in Weatherfield.
• 27 November 2019: Jade Rowan is revealed to be serial killer John Stape's long-lost daughter, seeking revenge on Fiz Stape for her father's death.
• 4 December 2019: On their wedding day, Michelle Connor exposes Robert Preston's double life with Vicky Jefferies to the wedding guests. Vicky's son, Tyler Jefferies also gatecrashes the wedding as Vicky has gone missing following a violent argument with Robert, and accuses him of killing Vicky.
• 9 December 2019: It is revealed that Geoff Metcalfe and Yasmeen Nazir have got married while on holiday in Las Vegas, infuriating Yasmeen's granddaughter Alya Nazir. This revelation leads to Geoff's son, Tim Metcalfe realising that he is still married to a woman he met in Las Vegas 14 years ago, and that his marriage to Sally Metcalfe is void.
• 16 December 2019: After Robert Preston is held in custody for Vicky Jefferies' disappearance, it is revealed that Vicky and Michelle Connor are working together to get Robert sent to prison.
• 20 December 2019: Vicky Jefferies gives birth to Robert Preston's son, Sonny, delivered by Michelle Connor.
• 23 December 2019: The Underworld factory reopens for a Christmas party with a brand new design. It is discovered Gary Windass now owns the factory. Rita Tanner battles with loneliness, and she suffers a fall while putting up her Christmas tree. Gary also kidnaps rival Derek Milligan. Fiz Stape's shotgun also disappears from Gary's antique shop.
• 25 December 2019: Derek Milligan storms into The Rovers Return armed with Fiz Stape's shotgun. He shoots out the window of The Rovers, which hits Robert Preston and kills him. Derek and Gary Windass then battle it out at the street's Winter Wonderland event, leading to Gary being shot in the shoulder. Shona Platt is also shot and she falls into a coma. Derek dies after falling off a Helter Skelter.
• 27 December 2019: Michelle Connor leaves Weatherfield after Robert Preston's death and discovering that her enemy Ray Crosby is the new owner of the Bistro.

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