ITV Coronation Street stars cosy up at 'dysfunctional family' dinner but one person is missing

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They may not have always seen eye-to-eye on-screen but Coronation Street's 'dysfunctional family' looked happy enough together off-screen.

Dubbing themselves the ITV soap's 'dysfunctional family', Millie Gibson, Kel Allen, Mikey North, Charlie De Melo, and Georgia Taylor all headed out for a spot of dinner over the weekend and documented the whole thing on social media.

Corrie fans will best recognise the actors for playing Kelly and Laura Neelan, Gary Windass, Imran Habeeb, and Toyah Battersby.

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All five of their characters are currently spending more time on-screen as they gear up towards some dramatic storylines.

Viewers have watched in the last week as Toyah secretly helps Abi Franklin after she gave birth to a surprise baby but unbeknown to her, the little boy is actually her partner Imran's child after he and Abi had a one-night stand last year.

This week, the news about Abi's baby will reach Weatherfield when it ends up on the front of the local newspaper and Imran will be seen quizzing Abi on whether he's the father.

Meanwhile, Laura is back on the scene and returned to the cobbles last month to tell her daughter Kelly she is dying. While she didn't believe her at first, Kelly has since been doing all she can to help her frail mum.

And last week, to help the teen manage her job at the barbers, Trim Up North, and school work as well as looking after Laura, Gary and Marie said she could move in with them.

However, they were soon feeling on edge when Laura revealed she was hiring a private investigator to track down her estranged husband Rick in order to get some money to leave for Kelly when she dies.

As viewers