Coronation Streets Paul Foreman receives devastating news

Coronation Street: Paul struggles to lift his wine glass

Coronation Street’s Paul Foreman (played by Peter Ash) is set to receive some devastating news about his MND diagnosis.

Spoilers released by ITV for next week’s episodes show that he is struggling more than ever as he continues to learn to live with the condition.

When his husband Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) is summoned to a meeting with the bishop, his mother Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) accompanies him to his speech therapy instead.

However, when tells the therapist about his recent coughing fits Bernie can see that they are concerned.

She insists that they see the MND nurse to get to the bottom of it.

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Unfortunately, this leads to a soul-destroying diagnosis when the MND nurse breaks the news that Paul only has six to 12 months left to live.

It is a further blow for him after other instances earlier in the week,

Having finally agreed to apply for the PIP (Personal Independence Payment) he is told it will take 11 weeks to come through and he has no idea how he will manage until then.

He also confides in David Platt (Jack P. Shepard) that his ego has taken a further battering when he tried to seduce Billy who made out he was too tired.

How will he cope with this further heartbreaking development and will he face up to his mortality?

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The devastating news also takes its toll on Bernie who has been doing her best to support him.

“When they discover that he only has six to 12 months to live she is thinking Can it get any worse for them?” actress Jane Halzegrove who plays the heartbroken mum said.

“They’ve all been holding on to the fact that he’s in the chair now, it’s gone from the cane to the chair and that’s been quite rapid. But it’s always that thing that maybe, the chair is going to be another six months and things will move more slowly.

“But this news is devastating. There’s nowhere for them to go really now. Bernie is struggling to be positive. She wants to be strong for them all but even she feels a bit beaten now by it all.”

Coronation Street is on ITV Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm.

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