While some say market trading of water as a commodity will help the world prepare for climate change, Canadian experts are wary and doubtful, writes Don Pittis.In the Great Lakes there appears to be an abundance of the wet stuff, but water economists say in many places it is undrinkable and low pricing means other…
Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) has had the toughest year of her life in Coronation Street as she has been forced to say goodbye to her terminally ill young son Oliver in some of the most heartwrenching scenes in the soap’s 60 year history. As she grieves for her beloved boy, she is now faced with…
Yasmeen Nazir’s (Shelley King) trial commences in Coronation Street tonight (December 2). Viewers of the ITV soap have been eagerly awaiting the legal proceedings, in the hope that Yasmeen will be able to get justice for what Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) put her through. However, Geoff wastes little time in painting himself as the victim…
Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) becomes hellbent on locating Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) in Coronation Street, after he’s given reason to believe that his former lover has gone missing. Todd metaphorically came back into Billy’s world when Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) and Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) intercepted a letter addressed to Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver). The…
Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) is left fuming at Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) in Coronation Street, after he takes away the morphine she acquired from the hospital. After Abi suffered an accident at the garage in last Wednesday’s episode (August 19) — which saw a car engine fall on her arm — she was taken to…
New characters in Coronation Street are always guaranteed to cause a bit of a stir. Whether it’s someone coming into a well established family on the street, or a fresh face with no friends or family just trying to find there way, we love to see how residents react to the new characters. We recently…
Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo) and Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) have their hearts set on becoming foster parents in Coronation Street but with the tragic illness of Oliver, Toyah’s nephew who has mitochondrial disease, everything has been thrown into chaos. Toyah feels like she can’t in all good conscience press ahead with the process while…
It could only ever be a matter of time before manipulative abuser Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) was caught and brought to justice – as is the law of Coronation Street that a character as monstrous as him can only have a certain shelf life. During his time in the show, he has certainly brought no…
Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) has finally shown doubts over the innocence of his father Geoff (Ian Bartholomew) in Coronation Street – and he has found his dad’s martyr-like assurances that he is the victim become quite tiresome and overplayed. And when new evidence comes to light against the abuser after Tim tells his wife Sally…
Throughout his whole life, Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) has believed his dad Geoff (Ian Bartholomew) to be a kind hearted and gentle man, little knowing that he has been gas lit his entire life by a monster. But tonight as he discovered the truth about the abuser, Coronation Street fans for cheering him on as…