Mystery tramp turns up on Coronation Street

Dennis Tanner's return to Coronation Street will be as a down-at-heels tramp, says The Sunday Mirror.  Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, 74, will return as a homeless drunk who sleeps rough on the doorstep of ­arch-enemy Ken Barlow. Viewers will see him ­begging Rita Sullivan and Audrey Roberts for ­somewhere to live as he tries to get back on his feet.

Dennis will be first seen on the Street in May and actor Philip Lowrire, who plays him, has signed up to be in Corrie for six months.