Coronation Street spoilers: Schedule shake-up, exit twist and Gary's shocking whereabouts

There's major twists ahead on Coronation Street, from possible changes to couples, big decisions to make and a worrying turn of events as a character faces danger.

There's a show episode shake-up next week with an episode dropped it seems, to make way for football coverage on ITV1. With just two episodes on instead of three, there's still plenty of soap action to unpack.

One character's shocking whereabouts is revealed after weeks of him being missing, and his fate is teased in a twist. Then there's a discovery for one character just as they await for the results of their cancer treatment.

But could it lead to a shocking split or even an affair? One family face a feud over a life-changing decision, and one character's sympathy for a troubled teen backfires.

It's someone else left concerned for them though amid recent run-ins with a partner. We've got divorce drama, a double date and the fallout to this weeks dangerous house party after the LSD storyline kicked off.

Let's kick things off with the huge Gary Windass twist. After a run-in with Lou who tried to set him up with a fake affair claim to blackmail him, Gary fled to visit his mother Anna. His wife Maria Connor was concerned when he failed to return home when planned.

In scenes to air this week she will try and get in contact with him, wanting to know where he is. Eventually she gets a message from Gary saying he's with a mate and will be home soon.

But new spoilers for next week reveal a worrying twist, as he remains absent for his stepson Liam Connor's birthday. They start to fear something bad has happened to him after the contact stops again, and little do they know that Gary is unconscious in hospital.

Soon his condition deteriorates and a nurse rushes to his aid, but will Gary be okay? And what's happened to him? Elsewhere, Kevin Webster is alarmed to discover his wife Abi trying to orchestrate an exit from the garage for his brother Carl.

Viewers will see Abi trying to get rid of her brother-in-law amid their growing feelings for one another. As she warns Carl to stay away, she takes action by sabotaging the car he's working on, before showing Kevin to set him up.

But Kevin sees on the CCTV that Abi is to blame. Amid this, Kevin is waiting for his results after his recent cancer treatment. He's soon forced to attend his appointment alone as Abi has to work on a car at the garage, but it could be Carl causing trouble.

As he admits that he can’t stop thinking about her and knows she feels the same, Abi swears blind that she loves Kevin and she’s happy with her life. But what will Kevin's results be, and will Abi manage to get Carl to back off?

Meanwhile, Bernie Winter is trying to get grandson Brody to make amends with his mum Lou, but he declares she's dead to him. Cassie and Steve join Tim and Sally on a double lunch date but soon there's some awkward comments, and Steve's ex Tracy Barlow heads in too - but will she leave them alone?

There's very little said about the fallout to the LSD drama, while Nina and Summer agree that they got off lightly. Todd Grimshaw is in for drama too when he confronts partner Theo's daughter Millie, telling her he knows she's faking her pregnancy.

He urges her to come clean to her dad and her family, suggesting she claims it was a false positive. When Theo returns home, Millie announces she’s got something to tell him.

it's not known what she said, while George Shuttleworth is concerned over Theo's jealousy of Todd spending time with James Bailey. As for James, he upsets sister Dee-Dee with his plans for baby Laila next week.

Dee-Dee tells him and their dad Ed she’s glad to have the support of her church, but James makes it clear that Laila’s upbringing will be non-religious. Dee-Dee retaliates by meeting up with Billy telling him she’d like him to baptise Laila, but will she managed to go ahead behind his back?

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