Marta tells her about how she has been forced into slavery, and that her family in Poland are being threatened by her slavers, later revealed to be Richie (James Midgley) and Julia O'Driscoll (Malgorzata Klara), Underworld's new clients.
Before she can be found, she flees through the assembled group wearing Sean Tully's (Antony Cotton) new coat and pushing over Izzy Armstrong (Cherylee Houston) in her escape.
On 31 May 2019, her ghost returns to haunt Carla Connor (Alison King), who knew the factory roof was unsafe because of fire damage and whose mental health was spiralling out of control.
Freddie later starts drinking with Audrey in the pub regularly, and sees Kylie buying champagne to celebrate her and her husband David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) emigrating to Barbados.
"[13] In December 2015, Sarah is accidentally struck by Tim Metcalfe's (Joe Duttine) van and is taken to a hospital, where she is told that she is four months pregnant by Callum.
After Callum's corpse is found under Gail Rodwell's (Helen Worth) annex in May 2016, Sarah starts behaving irrationally and the family realise she suffers from mental health problems.
After learning that his former partner Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) inherited money from his late father, Pat manages to persuade his mother Eileen (Sue Cleaver) to agree to invest in the scheme.
[23] Vinny later tells Pat the truth about his scheme: the flats were not actually going to be built and that his plan was just an attempt to con people out of the money they would be putting up front for deposits.
[24] In October 2017, Vinny is revealed to be an alias: his actual name is Harvey McArdle,[25] which Pat discovers when he ends up meeting his Harvey's mother Flora (Eileen Davies) during his campaign to stop local journalist Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) from investigating Calcutta Street; he uses this opportunity to blackmail Vinny to return to Weatherfield, surprising him when he calls his mother on her birthday.
[33] Thomas "Tommy" Orpington, played by Matt Milburn, is a local football star who hires Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) to plan and oversee his wedding.
[34] During his time in Weatherfield, he became friends with Michelle's husband Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), igniting a feud between the two of them.
"[35] Milburn's return was announced the same day as three other characters, Linda Hancock (Jacqueline Leonard), Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) and Damon Hay (Ciaran Griffiths).
[37] Seb Franklin, played by Harry Visinoni, first appeared on 1 October 2016 and initially departed in scenes broadcast on 7 May 2021 after he was killed in an attack involving him and his girlfriend Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher).
[38] In January 2025, it was announced that Visinoni had reprised the role for a guest appearance, where Seb will reappear as a hallucination to his mother, Abi Webster (Sally Carman), during her mental health struggles.
[39] Seb forms a relationship with Faye Windass (Ellie Leach), who invites him over as she helps her friend Izzy Armstrong (Cherylee Houston) look after her son Jake (Seth and Theo Wild).
The couple are caught kissing by Faye's adoptive mother, Anna (Debbie Rush), who confronts her for possibly being pregnant again after she gave birth to Miley the previous year.
Despite being released on the charge of murder, Maria is arrested again, as she reveals to MacKinnon during an interview that she had organised a sham marriage between herself and Pablo in order to grant him residence in the country.
After arresting and charging both Tracy and Adam for the attack, she realises that Daniel is the real culprit, but he is declared psychologically unwell, and Ken promises to tell the jury that he tripped and fell in court to protect him.
After Cormac's father, Ronan Truman (Alan McKenna) is killed in a car accident involving Ryan, his adoptive brother Ali Neeson (James Burrows) and Michelle, MacKinnon is assigned to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
MacKinnon returns in December 2019 when a pregnant Vicky Jefferies (Kerri Quinn) suddenly vanishes following a physical altercation with her ex-fiancée, Robert Preston.
The marriage doesn't work out and Rana begins a relationship with Kate Connor (Faye Brookes), which Saira discovers when she returns with Hassan in January 2018.
Saira decides to pay Imran's wife Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) a visit, but is upset to find that she has a grandson called Alfie Franklin.
Hassan appears again between 8 January and 17 August 2018 when he returns to Weatherfield with his wife and is shocked when they discover that Rana is in a relationship with Kate Connor (Faye Brookes).
After finding out Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper) is Bethany's fiancé, she goes to his tanning salon and warns her to stay away from him knowing he is a sex trafficker after being involved with him before.
On Christmas Day 2019, Shona is shot by Derek Milligan (Craig Els), one of Gary's clients, whom he sought to kill for ruining his chances of reconciling with his family.
Nathan follows Shona to Billy and Todd Grimshaw's (Bruno Langley) house on Christmas Day, and later rescues 16-year-old Bethany when she collapses from an overdose of diet pills in a ginnel.
Roy Cropper (David Neilson) had recently been imprisoned for Lauren's alleged death,[46] but knowing his history of abusing young girls, Bethany is certain that Nathan is behind her disappearance and confronts him in order to get justice for her.
Toby Chapman, played by Andrew Dowbiggin,[52] is the ex-husband of Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) whom she married in 2011, after she broke up with Spider Nugent (Martin Hancock).
When Toyah returns to Weatherfield to stay with her stepsister Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) on Christmas Day 2016, he visits her and confronts her about their marriage's breakdown, unaware that she has been having an affair with Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne).
She is the right-hand woman and personal assistant of Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper), whom she frequently helps in his scheme to groom Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) into becoming his girlfriend with her tutorials.