Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has shared how he was concerned that his own personal loss would be triggered as his character is set to lose his partner Paul Foreman. It has been revealed but the ITV soap that Paul, played by Peter Ash, will be diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
Fans have been concerned for Paul ever since he was accidentally knocked over by Carla Connor in her Underworld van after unknowingly being drugged with LSD by Stephen Reid. And after multiple trips to the GP, in scenes to air Friday night (March 24), viewers will be referred to a specialist before, in early April, he is given the devastating news that it is very likely he has MND.
The diagnosis will then be confirmed later in the month. MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not usually affect the senses such as sight, sound and feeling but it can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe.
