Three more Coronation Street characters to be axed

There's a Coronation Street spoiler in today's News of the World, so take it with your usual pinch of salt and read on.  The paper says that Chris Gray (Will Thorp) and Cheryl (Holly Quin-Ankrah) are leaving Coronation Street along with their son, Russ. 

The paper says that the three of them are being written out after Chris develops a brain tumour. He begs Cheryl to go with him to a specialist consultant - who confirms Chris has a tumour on his brain and it's too late for surgery.  Chris sobs to Cheryl: "Why me? I'm too young to die." It makes her realise she still has strong feelings for him - and she decides to nurse him to the end.  After Chris discovers the extent of his illness he dumps girlfriend Maria Connor (Samia Smith) and goes back to Cheryl. Soon afterwards Chris, Cheryl and Russ leave the street for good.

Ta-ra then, I say. I never liked Chris, and Cheryl was much underused.

See also: The Silence of the Cheryl

Four characters axed?

The People reports that four characters are set to face the axe, they are Sian Powers, Chris, Cheryl and Russ Gray. Sacha Parkinson recently signed a new contract which will keep her in the show until the end of 2011, so the exit, if true would happen in 2012.

Craig Charles will also be taking a break towards the end of this year to film new episodes of the brilliant comedy series, 'Red Dwarf' though he will return sometime next year. On the topic of returns, the same article also reveals that Dev Alahan's daughter, Amber Kalirai, who will apparently experiment a bit with Sophie Webster!

Overall these sound like good decisions, the Gray family have never really fit into the street. I kind of like Sian, so I'd be happy if that part of the article wasn't true, and the news of Amber returning is fantastic, lets hope she's just as cheeky when she arrives back!