The first notable character that appeared was the stillborn son of Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), Ruairi, in January.
Neil Clifton (Ben Cartwright) arrived in March as an acquaintance of Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper) who became involved in Bethany Platt's (Lucy Fallon) grooming and sexual exploitation storyline.
November introduced Rana Nazir's (Bhavna Limbachia) brother Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo), as well as Henry Newton (George Banks), a new love interest for Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell).
However, Michelle allows him back after talking to Steve's mother Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard), who also lost a premature child, Katie, 25 years before.
[1] Producer Kate Oates added "The subject of miscarriage will always be sensitive; but telling this story with Simon and Kym at the centre would always have an extra poignancy" and hoped they "are able to encourage discussion, understanding and compassion for those viewers affected by the loss of a baby.
The cast were in safe hands with our amazing and empathetic director Tony Prescott, and it has been humbling to see all the actors involved being so selfless and generous in their performances".
Chloe is a glamorous woman who orders a taxi from Street Cars and finds herself being driven by Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne), who has just fallen out with his girlfriend Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor).
A week later, Chloe calls into the cab office and specially requests Peter as her driver to collect her from a dinnertime drinks appointment with a friend, telling him that she would pay him for his extra time and that her divorce would shortly be coming through.
However, Peter tells Simon, Toyah and the rest of his family that he was visiting Chloe at the time that Ken was attacked; however, her obsessive behaviour became violent and he pushed her away in self-defence, but she fell and cut her face, and threatened to lie to the police that he punched her.
Chloe reluctantly agrees to drop the charges; however, she states that Peter could still easily have returned to Weatherfield and pushed Ken down the stairs, which stuns Leanne and Toyah.
Peter later receives a phone call informing him that the charges have been dropped by Chloe, and Leanne provides him with a false alibi for the time when Ken was attacked.
In September 2018, now played by Alan McKenna, Ronan bumps into Adam and asks him to get his son Cormac (Joe Mallalieu) who has just been released from prison for drug use a job.
Trina Robson, played by Kerry Bennett, is a receptionist at Walmsley Croft Solicitors LLP of Weatherfield where Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) went for a job interview.
When the client, Ronan Truman (Colin Tierney), arrived Adam was intrigued about him, but Trina cited her confidentiality clause and refused to give any details, aside from saying he held wild parties.
[17] Lara Cutler, played by Niamh Blackshaw, is a young teenage girl who, like Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon), was being pimped out to older men for sex by Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper).
Bethany's uncle, David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), and Shona Ramsey (Julia Goulding) later track Lara down in order to find somebody to testify against Nathan.
After hearing fireworks from the attic set off by Faye, Nicola falls down the stairs and is rushed to hospital where she is gives birth to a baby boy through an emergency caesarean, who she names Zack after her adoptive father, Isaac.
Freeman thanked the viewers, cast and crew members, and stated: "After three and a half lovely years I felt it was time for a change and I'm excited to be starting that next chapter with a new role.
Fortunately, Summer suffered no lasting ill effects; however, Simon's error in judgement caused Billy to see red and knock Peter to the floor.
She is an editor for the Weatherfield Gazette, who encourages Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) to pursue a story about Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre) and the Calcutta Street scam.
Phelan sees this and realises she is in fact married and later visits Daniel, only to find him having sex with Cindy, and threatens him to stop asking questions about the development.
On 12 February 2020, Cindy returns to shut down Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) and Bethany Platt's (Lucy Fallon) attempts to expose Bistro owner Ray Crosby (Mark Frost) in order to avoid being sued for libel.
The family arrive to Weatherfield for the wedding of Jude's mother, Mary Taylor (Patti Clare), which is revealed to be a charade to win a competition.
"[34] Colin is a marketing executive for a radio station, who interviews Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) and Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) for a Mr. and Mrs.
Unwilling to give up, Colin visits Norris' friend and business partner, Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox), in hospital, after she is diagnosed with a brain tumour.
[38] Abi first appears when Anna Windass (Debbie Rush) arrives at her house to help Seb look after his siblings Charlie and Lexi Franklin (Jacob and Jasmine Fish).
[40] On 2 March 2022, it was announced that de Melo has quit his role and Imran departed in the episode broadcast on 1 June 2022 when he dies of a cardiac arrest following a car crash.
His presence at the wedding delights Rana's friend, Alya Nazir (Sair Khan), who he likens to a second sister, but irritates her boyfriend Luke Britton (Dean Fagan).
[43] After a long battle, Imran and Toyah get custody of baby Alfie, which included Imran lying and stitching Abi up by hiring colleague Ben Chancellor (Jon-Paul Bell) to take pictures of her supposedly doing a drug deal for evidence in the custody battle; however, this turns out to be Abi paying off an old friend Dean (Anthony Crank) to stay away from her.
Norris later realised who Henry was referring to and led him to the Rovers, where Gemma was speaking to Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) about her time at the party.