Coronation Street spoilers: Rita Tanner scatters Dennis’ ashes

It's the first she's learned of his death

Rita Tanner

by Marianna Manson |
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To celebrate Coronation Street's 10,000th episode (yes, really) bosses are laying on an hour long special next week which will see lives changed forever and one long-running resident leave Weatherfield for good.

Rita Tanner is overcome with emotion when she receives a parcel in the post and a note explaining that inside are her ex-husband, Dennis Tanner's, ashes and that she is to scatter them at Blackpool Pier.

When Jenny Connor gets wind of the news, she organises a coach so that the whole town can send Dennis off.

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Has Tim Metcalfe been exposed? ©ITV

Meanwhile, Geoff Metcalfe's manipulative behavior crosses a line for Yasmeen Nazir when he locks her in a box and heads to the pub. When Tim Metcalfe finds Yasmeen in her distressed state, will he believe her, or his dad?

Maria Connor breaks the news to Liam Jr that she's lost her baby, but Gary Windass assures him he'll have a new brother or sister soon, and Maria is hurt.

Nina finally agrees to move in with Roy Cropper after sleeping rough for weeks, and Sally Webster makes a strange discovery.

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Alya has been planning to take her gran for a massage, but Geoff ruins their plans when he says Emma's not available to be his assistant at Tianna's birthday.

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Guilting Yasmeen into helping him out, Geoff has no sympathy when her claustrophobia makes rehearsing his crushed-in-a-box routine difficult.

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On stage at the party, Yasmeen panics inside the box and ruins the magic trick. Though Geoff paints on a smile for his audience, Yasmeen knows he is seething.

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The next day, Geoff doesn't hide his anger and tells Yasmeen she can make up to him by rehearsing with him. But when Yasmeen gets in the box, Geoff locks the door and heads to the pub!

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Tim calls at the house and lets a shaken Yasmeen out of the box. When Geoff arrives home he insists the box was left unlocked, by Yasmeen tells Tim that Geoff locked her in deliberately. Who will he believe?

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Later on, a concerned Eileen probes Cathy and Brian about Yasmeen's supposed drinking problem, wary that not everything adds up.

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Elsewhere, Maria breaks the news to Liam that she's lost the baby, but is hurt when Gary tells him that he'll still be getting a little brother or sister.

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After Maria tells Gary that he had been insensitive about the baby news, he's apologetic and tells her that he is determined to be with her with or without a baby.

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Roy becomes concerned for Nina when she comes into the café looking disheveled and Beth reveals she caught her going through the factory bins.

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When it becomes clear that Nina lost the flat weeks ago and has been sleeping rough, Roy is horrified and Nina finally accepts his offer for her to move in with him.

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Meanwhile, Bethany is struggling to make sense of her blossoming relationship with Daniel, and she's not having a great time of it at work, either.

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When Ray tells her he's got some potential investors, Bethany feels exploited and serves them the kids ice cream special. Ray is furious.

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Tim is still in the dog house with Sally and tries to win her back by playing their first dance song through the letterbox – but Sally's unmoved.

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Later on during Sally's research into Tim's divorce papers, she's caught off guard to find a mock up invitation to her own wedding. How will Tim worm his way out of this one?

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Rita is stunned when she receives a parcel containing Dennis's ashes, and a note to request that they be scattered over the sea at Blackpool.

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Shocked and saddened to hear of Dennis's death, Rita confides in Ken who agrees to go with her to Blackpool.

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But when Jenny gets wind of their plan, she organises a coach trip for everyone, convinced they could make a day of it.

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Amy, Audrey, Carla, Eileen, Emma, Evelyn, Gail, Jenny, Ken, Mary, Nina, Sean, Tracy, Sally, Yasmeen and Rita, clutching Dennis's urn, set off for Blackpool.

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Everyone piles into the bus and they set off for the coast. But tensions rise during the journey when it starts looking like they may not make it to their destination before nightfall.

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This hour long episode to celebrate the UK's longest running soap's 10,000th episode (!) will see lives changed and one long-term resident leave Weathefield for good.

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Now let's catch up with what's happening this week.

With Gary Windass away in Bristol, Maria Connor is in bits when she's rushed to hospital with abdominal pains only to be told that she's lost their baby.

Meanwhile, Daniel Osborne's negligence with baby Bertie's vaccination has huge consequences when Bertie contracts measles – and that's not all...

When Ali Neeson diagnoses Maria with the same virus and the doctor agrees that's probably what caused the miscarriage, Gary is fuming and accuses Daniel of not being a good dad.

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Nina agrees to move in with Roy ©ITV

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Elsewhere, Gemma Winter and Chesney Brown are at breaking point with the quads, but manage to get away for some alone time.

But when they see their FreshCo advert on the side of a bus and realise they've both been edited out, an emotional Gemma hits the roof.

Tim Metcalfe is in quite the predicament when Charlie suggest that maybe they give their marriage a proper shot. Sally Webster is furious to realise everyone knows about Tim's accidental bigamy.

Yasmeen Nazir starts to see through Geoff Metcalfe's scheming, and Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow have to decide if their marriage is worth saving.

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