Bad DAD!

Gemma and Paul's estranged father Denny arrives on the cobbles

Five years after we first met Bernie Winter, we get to meet the fella who got her up the duff. Denny is his name and, as you might expect, he's a bit dodgy. Actually, scrap that - he's as crooked as a dog's hind leg.

Denny (Danny Cunningham, who starred in Corrie in the noughties as Linda Sykes' brother Jimmy) tips up after hearing a radio interview his son Paul does with Amy about motor neurone disease. After a somewhat stressful build-up – thanks to the taxi he has ordered being unable to fit his wheelchair in – Paul speaks passionately about his illness and society’s lack of regard for disability, but gets so carried away that he swears live on air.