Singer Gareth Gates and Coronation Street’s Faye Brookes split after recently years together
Gareth Gates has liked one Love Island star’s Instagram picture just days after calling off their engagement and splitting from Coronation Street’s Faye Brookes after seven years together.
The singer was spotted liking a sultry photo posted by Love Island’s Belle Hassan.
Belle is dating islander Anton Danyluk after they hit it off in Casa Amor on the show.
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A family have dinner at the Bistro and Bethany thinks that she recognises the dad from one of Nathan's parties.
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A concerned Bethany confides in Daniel who is also working that evening, but implores him not to say anything.
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The family begin to row and leave the restaurant without finishing their meals. The distracted wife pulls into reverse and bumps into Craig, knocking him to the ground.
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Bethany is devastated that once again Craig has found himself caught up in her troublesome past.
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Steve takes Emma out for lunch in a bid to cheer her up, but he's got an ulterior motive. Pretending she's got something in her hair, Steve pulls out a few strands and pockets them.
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On the day of her dad's funeral, Emma meets up with her brother Morgan, and learns that he also knew her 'dad' wasn't her biological father.
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Steve arrives at the church with the wreaths for the funeral. Having take the hair sample for DNA testing, Steve explains to Emma that he is her real father.
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After the funeral, a confused and upset Emma Skypes with her mum, Fiona, in Australia and wants to know why she was kept in the dark her whole life.
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Blaming Fiona and Audrey for lying to her, Emma makes the decision to leave Weatherfield, and despite her friend's begging her to stay, she's made up her mind.
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After her departure, Amy and Tracy set off to try and catch her to change her mind, eventually finding her at the train station waiting for a train. Can they persuade her to stay?
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Elsewhere, Geoff smugly explains to Yasmeen that he's fitted out her house with top of the range CCTV so she can feel safe.
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A shocked Yasmeen tells Geoff she doesn't want to be filmed at home, but Geoff accuses her of not caring about his feelings and declares it's over between them.
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Later on at the Bistro as Geoff helps Yasmeen with her online banking, he drops into conversation that he's got a doctors appointment.
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It's clear at the doctors that Geoff is fit as a flea - but when he sees Yasmeen later on he tells her they've taken blood samples for a heart murmur, leaving Yasmeen worried about him.
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Aggie confronts Ed when her debit card is declined at the shop, accusing him of turning back to gambling and frittering away their money.
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Ed dismisses it as just a cash flow glitch, but later on confides in Michael that they've fallen on hard times and that £5k should sort them out.
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Michael convinces his dad to accept a loan from their football prodigy son James. But Aggie is suspicious and soon Ed breaks down, admitting that he's lost the money on betting sites.
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Aggie is furious at her husband and has to get out of the house, heading to the café for sanctuary.
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Noticing how rushed off his feet Roy is, and with thoughts of their lost money at the back of her mind, Aggie offers to help out around the café and Roy agrees to give her a trial shift.
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Meanwhile, Michael is investing in his own money-making scheme, and on the way home from the shops Cerberus tugs on his shopping bag and a load of pregnancy tests spill out.
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Evelyn is intrigued and wants to know who they're for, but Michael won't give the game away about his and Bernice's business venture.
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Max has been playing up and, finding that he's not at home, Nick tracks him down to Victoria Gardens, where he's smashing up the plant pots.
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As he tries to stop him, Max lashes out at Nick, angrily telling him it's his fault that David is in prison.
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The next day is Lily's birthday party but after the guests start arriving, Max starts to act up so much that Shona has to ask everyone to leave and cancel the party.
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An already fragile Shona is furious that Max has ruined Lily's party and confides in the other adults that he's been like this for weeks. Shona worries that Max has stopped taking his ADHD medication.
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Meanwhile, Tim calls in at Eileen's and tells her to pull herself together because she's needed at the garage. Eileen agrees to go back to work, but declares she's sworn off men for good.
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The Instagram picture shows Belle on the edge of the bathtub, dressed in a leopard print dress which she captioned with emojis.
As well as liking Belle’s picture, Gareth now follows islander Maura Higgins and Olivia Attwood who was an islander on last year’s series.
Faye Brookes was seen without her engagement ring following their split after Gareth reportedly took the engagement ring back.
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A source told The Sun: “The split has been really upsetting for both parties,
“Gareth asked Faye to hand the ring over after they broke up.
"Faye was surprised but gave it back to him without a fuss."
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Gareth’s representative said he declined to comment about taking the ring back after they split.
It’s also been reported Faye has been feeling like she hasno one to go to about her break-up after Gareth was convinced her close friends were out to sell stories about the split.