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Coronation Street legend to return to explosive Gail Platt exit plot - and fans will be delighted


Coronation Street is welcoming back John Thomson ahead of Gail Platt's highly-anticipated exit from the ITV soap, with the comedian set to play her new love interest

Read MoreRelated Articles Inside Emmerdale's Jai star Chris Bisson's life off-screen with long-term fiancée and two kids John's return is set to revive the feud between Gail and Eileen Grimshaw, who dated Jesse on the soap. A source said of John’s return to The Sun: “It’s been an absolutely frantic, incredibly stressful past couple of weeks for Corrie bosses and scriptwriters.

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