Coronation Street's Debbie Webster suffers shock accident as dementia story begins
*Warning: Major spoilers for Monday 31st March's episode, available on ITVX.*
Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) suffered an accident as Coronation Street aired a troubling sign of her forthcoming dementia diagnosis.
The ITV soap has, so far, shown Debbie to have lapses in memory - unable to recollect things she has witnessed or information passed on about her hotel.
Amid all this, Debbie has been supporting her brother Kevin (Michael Le Vell), who is due to begin chemotherapy for testicular cancer.
While Kev rested, Debbie told her partner Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) she would be looking after Kevin's adopted son Alfie, meaning she had to turn down Ronnie's request for alone time together.
At Kevin and Abi's (Sally Carman-Duttine) home, Debbie was unimpressed to hear new neighbour Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) playing his music too loudly.
She ventured outside to give Mick a piece of her mind, and later, Ronnie arrived to find Alfie alone and the back door left open.
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Ronnie soon found a shaken Debbie in the ginnel, struggling to her feet with a bloodied head wound.
As Ronnie pulled Debbie into his arms and brought her inside, she couldn't recall how she had ended up on the ground with an injury, but mentioned that she had been shouting for Mick to turn his music down.
This led Ronnie to conclude that Mick had hurt Debbie, and in the Rovers, Ronnie squared up to him.
Mick denied any part in Debbie's accident, with his wife Lou (Farrel Hegarty) revealing that they had been in the throes of passion at the time.
As Debbie made dinner and tried to get back to normal, Ronnie returned and admitted his showdown with Mick.
Debbie downplayed the incident outside and urged Ronnie to drop the feud with Mick, but how long will it be until Debbie must face the upsetting truth that she is seriously ill?
Anyone affected by Debbie's storyline can visit Dementia UK or call its helpline on 0800 888 6678.
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Laura Denby is a Freelance Soaps writer covering all the latest news in the Dales, Cobbles and East End for Radio Times. She's a soaps nerd with a love for comedy drama, and has also written for Digital Spy, Metro UK and Yahoo UK.
