Coronation Street: John Stapes’ daughter Jade plans to smuggle Fiz Brown’s child Hope out of country

It's all kicking off on the cobbles

Jade Rowan and Hope Stape

by William Marriott |
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If you've been watching Coronation Street recently, you'll have seen the dramatic events unfold in the Fiz Stape/Tyrone Dodds household.

Fiz and Tyrone's children Hope Stape and Ruby Dodds were taken into care after social services stepped in, following a call from a "family" member which suggested Fiz was abusing Hope.

And after months of wondering who Jade Rowan is, Fiz finally found out she was in fact John Stape's daughter, who was looking for revenge.

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What happens next has been teased by the show's producer Iain MacLeod, who told Radio Times that a big twist is set to happen, adding, "a really high-octane ending" is on its way.

And the storyline may come to a climax sooner than you think, as it's been revealed over the next week, viewers will see Jade attempt to smuggle Hope out of the country, booking one-way tickets on a ferry to France.

Who is Jade in Coronation Street?

Jade Rowan first came onto our screens back in November last year. She was introduced onto the street as a nanny.

Fiz first came into contact with Jade as she worked with Hope at a specialist school in Birmingham before moving to Weatherfield to continue to teach her. Weird, yes.

Who is the girl staying with Fiz and Tyrone?

Shortly after moving onto the cobbles, Jade moved into Fiz and Tyrone's house to help look after their two children, Ruby and Hope. Jade was quick to pull the wool over the pair's eyes by helping with the housework and even cooking a shepherds pie.

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Brave Fiz decides to go back to the police to tell the truth about the antique gun - well, half of it at least.

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Not wanting to drop Gary's name in it, Fiz says that she bought the gun in a yard sale but didn't know it was real. When it went missing, she panicked.

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Back at number 9, the social worker tells Tyrone that Ruby and Hope are free to return home – but that Fiz cannot live there while investigations are ongoing.

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Later on while Tyrone helps Hope with her colouring, he tries to get her to open up about why she lied about Fiz and how she really hurt her arm – but Hope is uncooperative.

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Things escalate when Fiz is set a court date, and Imran agrees to go with her for moral support.

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At the hearing, Fiz pleads guilty to possessing a firearm without a licence and receives a four month sentence, suspended for two years and a £500 fine.

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After she's dismissed, Fiz is out and about when she's approached by Jade who tells her that though she never intended her to lose her kids, she's only got herself to blame. Fiz sees red, but Evelyn pulls her back.

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Meanwhile, Geoff has drawn up a cleaning rota for Yasmeen and insists she gets started while he heads out. But when Cathy pops by and convinces Yasmeen to have lunch and a bottle of wine with her, Geoff is furious to return home to find Yasmeen tipsy and the house hasn't been cleaned.

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Sensing awkwardness, Cathy takes her cue to leave, but forgets her bag and has to come back to get it, unbeknownst to Geoff.

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As Geoff tears a strip off Yasmeen, Cathy listens and is shocked by the way he's speaking to her. Later on, Cathy confides in Brian about her concern for her friend.

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Sharing in her concern, Brian arranges to meet Geoff for a pint at the Rovers, and asks him about what's going on between him and Yasmeen.

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Thinking on his feet, Geoff tells a shocked Brian that Yasmeen's drinking is getting out of hand and that he's worried about her, and only wants to help.

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Soon the news of Yasmeen's "drinking problem" has spread, and when a well meaning Peter stops by at number 11 offering support with sobriety, Yasmeen is devastated.

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Elsewhere, Roy is determined to be a good uncle to Nina after her father's death – they are each others only family, after all. But when Roy calls by her flat he's upset to find the front door spattered with egg yolk.

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Worried that Nina is being targeted, Roy asks her to move in with him, but Nina insists she wants to stay in the flat surrounded by the memory of her dad.

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When Nina mentions that she's stressed at college because her sewing machine broke and now she can't finish her garment, Roy offers to drop round Hayley's old one.

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Nina is touched when Roy shows up with the sewing machine and asks him to stay and be her model. As Roy tells Nina about Hayley and the difficulties she faced being transgender, Nina begins to warm to him.

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But later on when Nina returns Hayley's machine to the cafe, Roy notices her hand is bandaged and Nina tells him the neighbour set their dog on her. Roy once again invites Nina to live with him, but she refuses.

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After Tracy's one night stand, she confides in Liz that she's not even sure her and Steve's marriage is worth fighting to save.

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But Steve clearly has other ideas – and turns up to the Rovers to get down on one knee and ask Tracy to marry him again. What will she say?

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Horrified that Kel is still walking free after what he did to her son, Bernie tells Sean she's been posing as a 14 year old boy in order to get Kel to meet up with her.

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Insisting she will expose him, Bernie shares her master plan with Sean, who isn't so convinced and tells Paul everything.

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A horrified Paul worries about Bernie's safety and insists he go with her to meet Kel in the park.

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But Kel quickly realises he's been set up and makes a run for it, trying to grab Bernie's phone in the process. Gemma and Paul give chase.

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Who is Fiz and Tyrone's nanny?

Fans were quick to suspect Fiz and Tyrone's nanny Jade had a motive but they just couldn't put their fingers on it. But it was soon revealed that Jade was in fact John Stape's daughter, the former serial killer who caused chaos on the street in 2011.

Jade had secretly been causing trouble from the get go, like making Hope do certain things to push Fiz to breaking point, and even rung social services to insist Fiz was abusing Hope. However, this all backfired when they had a face to face meeting and all was revealed.

Yet Jade had a plan up her sleeve, and in the meeting after she was outed, Jade suggested Fiz bought a gun for her boss Gary Windass's antique shop. That same gun was used in the Christmas Day siege which caused two deaths. This led to social services believing Fiz would put other people in danger and couldn't be trusted.

Who is John Stape in Coronation Street?

John Stape was Fiz's husband.

John Stape was introduced to viewers when he and Fiz started dating after both teaching at a local school. However, he then had an affair with Rosie Webster, his student, leaving Fiz heartbroken when she found out.

John lost his job and kidnapped Rosie, leaving her tied up in his grandmother's old house for five weeks. But when Rosie escaped, he was sent to prison for two years. In that time, Fiz carried on seeing John and agreed to marry him.

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What happened with Fiz and John Stape?

The pair married, and when John was released from prison, he stole the identity of an emigrating ex-colleague, Colin Fishwick, so he could teach again. Fiz knew about John's plan but kept it a secret.

Unluckily for Fiz and John, Colin came to Weatherfield after finding out about John's scheming plan, but he died of a brain haemorrhage in front of them, and the pair buried his body in a hole in the floor of Underworld Factory.

Fiz then fell pregnant and gave birth to Hope during Coronation Street's live episode.

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John Stape - how did he die?

After burying Colin's body, John found out the floor of the Underworld Factory had to be taken up, so decided to dig up Colin's body and move it.

However, Fiz walked in on him doing just that, and then found out he'd kidnapped Chesney, Dorothy and Alan (are you keeping up?) – which is when Fiz finally then rung the police.

And obviously, John didn't like that, so he went on the run, kidnapped Hope and Rosie (again) before crashing his car, ending up in hospital and dying of his injuries.

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