Coronation Street quietly recasts character as they make surprise return to cobbles after a year-long absence

CORONATION Street viewers were stunned past nighttime aft a character's astonishment instrumentality aft a year-long absence.

Glory Bailey, girl of Street regular Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell), reappeared aft softly being recast.

She had been absent from the amusement since earlier this twelvemonth and had lone been mentioned connected surface by her household members including dada Michael and gramps Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) successful caller months.

However, the character, who was antecedently played by Eleanor Beckles and present Mayia M, made a astonishment instrumentality arsenic she helped to retired the concealed that Dee-Dee, who is her aunty, was large with her murdered ex Joel Deering’s baby.

Little Glory revealed the hidden pregnancy trial container to Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) who had dropped by to sojourn Dee-Dee portion she was babysitting her niece.

The quality past popped up again connected Wednesday night’s instalment of the soap arsenic she joined her dada and grandad for a crippled of cricket connected the cobbles.

The crippled resulted successful a scare for large Dee-Dee aft the cricket shot accidentally deed her successful the stomach, astir revealing her gestation to her unaware family.

Child histrion Eleanor had played the toddler since her accomplishment successful 2021 and was inactive credited arsenic playing her up until her last quality earlier this year.

But it has present been confirmed that Mayia M has present taken implicit the relation arsenic the quality looks acceptable to diagnostic much often successful the coming months.

Confirming the recast, acting bureau The Drama MOB, which is tally by Corrie fable Tina O’ Brien, wrote connected Instagram: “Welcome to Coronation Street Maiya!

"Who caught our beauteous Maiya past nighttime making her debut arsenic ‘Glory Bailey’? Maiya’s archetypal occurrence conscionable happened to autumn connected her 4th birthday, truthful it was a treble celebration!

"Maiya started filming for the relation a fewer months agone and took implicit from Eleanor - different small Drama MOB star!”

It went connected to add: “We cannot hold to spot much of Maiya connected our screens, Maiya joins a agelong database of Drama MOB stars playing roles connected Coronation Street and we couldn’t beryllium prouder.”