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Coronation Street airs devastating Cassie Plummer scenes as she's ostracised by her family in early ITVX release

Warning: Contains spoilers for Friday's episode of Coronation Street, which airs at 8.30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.

Cassie in the corner shop in Coronation Street

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Published: Friday, 31 July 2026 at 12:12 pm

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Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) is facing her biggest battle yet in Coronation Street.

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Earlier this week, she exposed son Tyrone Dobb's (Alan Halsall) dad, Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield), as a paedophile who paid her for sex as a teenager.

The aftermath saw Cassie in tears, Ross's new romance Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) appalled, and Tyrone conflicted by his dad's claims that he thought she was older.

Ultimately, Ty decided to give his dad another chance – on the understanding that Cassie was OK with this. She grindingly accepted an apology for her son's sake, and later, the story took a far more sinister turn.

Ross pinned her against the wall and said that if she was to try and cause anymore upheaval, he'd kill her.

Ross and Tracy cosy up next to each other in Coronation Street

Ian Burfield as Ross Wilkes and Kate Ford as Tracy Barlow. ITV

Desperate for revenge, Cassie spiked his smoothie with some medication – but upon fleeing from the scene of her crime, Ross spotted her through the window. He knew not to consume the drink, as a drugs test at his new job was imminent.

Instead, he handed it to Tracy. Her daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney) found her unconscious on the sofa later that day, and she was blue-lighted to hospital.

In today's episode, Cassie's partner Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) returned to No. 1. He'd heard Tracy blame her for causing the incident, given last year she drugged pensioner Ken Barlow (William Roache) so that he'd remain reliant on his care.

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Steve was intrigued to find a pill packet in Cassie's jacket, and although he didn't want to accept that she was in the wrong, it certainly seemed like Tracy was right.

An argument ensued between the couple, with Cassie insisting that she was innocent. Following intervention from Tyrone, who said he was sick of his mum's behaviour, the men slammed the door in her face.

Will this nightmare be what drives her out of Weatherfield?

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Michael AdamsSoaps Editor

Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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