It must be a slow news week. The Sun is again reporting that another senior member of the cast of Coronation Street is "quitting the street". But it's not strictly true this time, either.You may read that Rita is going to retire from the Kabin and it just won't be the same without her. My first thought was, "yeah, but she's not actually leaving the show, just retiring". Turns not that's not even true.
Ian Wylie at the Manchester Evening News confirms that it's just another of Rita's empty threats. She gets tired and thinks it's time to retire but doesn't end up actually doing it because although she does leave, she returns in about a month. These older cast members just keep on keeping on and lucky for us that they do!
ITV have also confirmed that the tabloid story is wrong.
