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Coronation Street airs nightmare for Cassie Plummer as revenge plan backfires in early ITVX release

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

Cassie Plummer in Coronation Street

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Published: Thursday, 30 July 2026 at 7:30 am

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The feud between Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield) has rumbled on in Coronation Street, with devastating consequences for one local.

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It comes after she exposed him as a paedophile who paid her for sex as a teenager. Appalled by the fact their son Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) didn't know the truth, she blew the secret during Ross's birthday party.

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.

Cassie puts pills into Ross's drink in a scene from Coronation Street

Claire Sweeney as Cassie Plummer. ITV

In today's episode, Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) was prepping a smoothie in the Barlow kitchen and offered some drinks around the room.

Cassie was furious to learn that Ross had stayed the night at No. 1 and that Tracy had forgiven him, though her curiosity was piqued when she discovered it was his first day at Highfield Prison - and that he'd have to undergo a drugs test.

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When the house was empty, she mixed a number of Tyrone's painkillers into Ross's drink and rushed out through the back door. Ross heard a bit of commotion and peered out of the window, spotting Cassie doing a runner.

He was thoroughly confused, but upon finding the empty pill packet on the floor, quickly realised what she'd done.

Instead he offered Tracy the smoothie, saying that she seemed unwell and that it would perk her up. When Amy returned home, she found her mother unconscious on the sofa.

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

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

She slumped onto the floor and an ambulance was quickly called.

Steve and Cassie were stunned to see Tracy being blue-lighted to Weathy General. She attempted to mask her unease, but Ross clearly knows what she did.

Will he expose her crime?

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Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed from 7am on ITVX.

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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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