There were tears on the cobbles earlier this year as Kel Allen's character Laura Neelan passed away as part of a heartbreaking storyline. Shortly after troubled teen Kelly Neelan, played by Millie Gibson, found out that her father had been murdered, her mum lost her battle with stomach cancer.
Coronation Street fans were in tears as Kelly, who had cared for her abusive mum in her final weeks, failed to make it to the hospital in time to see her before she died. Kelly had refused to see Laura after she took the rap for murdering Kelly's dad, her late husband Rick Neelan.
Instead of turning his killer Gary Windass in to the police, Laura made the sacrifice so that Gary could become Kelly's guardian after her death after he had become a father figure to her. There were heart-wrenching scenes as Kelly held her mum in her hospital bed as she wept.
