The Rovers’ future is still up in the air.
Coronation Street has revealed that the future of the Rovers Return might not be secure after all.
Recent scenes saw Weatherfield’s pub in danger after Jenny Connor revealed that the Rovers was in dire financial straits. However, the landlady ultimately secured a last-minute deal with Henry Newton, owner of local brewery Newton & Ridley.
But in tonight’s (August 18) episode, it appeared that the deal wasn’t all it seemed after Debbie Webster stole a document regarding the brewery’s future.
At the hotel bar, Debbie and Ronnie were discussing business opportunities when Debbie spotted local business owners Jason Waterford and Philip Newton heading into the bar.
Ronnie was dismayed as to why Philip wasn’t looking for builders to renovate the pubs, while Debbie was suspicious about the document sitting on the table in front of the pair.
“I’m telling you now, something is definitely going down here,” she said, approaching the table under the pretext of serving Jason and Philip a bottle of wine.
The document’s contents weren’t a mystery for long, as Debbie spilled a drink on the table, took the document and made a copy of it.
Summoning Ronnie to one side, Debbie revealed that the document was a contract securing the sale of Newton & Ridley to Jason Waterford. What does mean for the future of the Rovers?
However, instead of alerting Jenny, Debbie sensed an opportunity to make money, urging Ronnie and Ed to invest their money in stocks for Newton & Ridley to make a profit.
Ed was horrified to hear the proposition and refused to get involved with insider trading, while Ronnie was left seriously considering Debbie’s proposition.
