A Coronation Street star is returning to the cobbles 25 years after a scandalous affair.

Dominic Rickhards will return to the soap as a new character after a tubulous time in his first role on the street in the late nineties.

Rickhards played therapist Michael Wall who was responsible for Jim and Liz McDonald's break-up, starring in the role from 1998 to 2000.

At the time, the love triangle left viewers reeling as poor Jim McDonald was recovering from a serious accident.

But some 25 years later, Rickhards will make a return to the soap next week as a mystery man from a dating app.

 

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Dom Norwood will feature as part of Daisy Midgeley’s impending exit storyline, as love interest for Rover’s landlady Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews).

However, not all is as it seems as Dom has secretly been hired by Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) and her mum Christina (Amy Robbins) to pose as the man that Jenny has been talking to online in a bid to con her, The Sun reports.

Rickhards pictured on the soap in the late 90s with Jim and Liz McDonald.Rickhards pictured on the soap in the late 90s with Jim and Liz McDonald. (Image: ITV)

It’s thought that Dominic will appear in multiple episodes as the plot intensifies over the coming weeks.

The storyline is part of Daisy’s forthcoming dramatic exit after actress Charlotte Jordan quit the soap after five years.

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Dominic’s first stint on the cobbles ended in 2000 when his character exited the show after he and Liz broke off their engagement following the affair.

The pair had left Jim McDonald heartbroken when they revealed that they were actually in love.

Since leaving the soap in 2000, Rickhards has appeared in a string of TV shows and films including Hollyoaks, Heartbeat, Midsomer Murders and Waking the Dead.

In 2001, he was cast as one of the leads in the failed ITV soap Night & Day.

Newsquest has contacted Coronation Street for a comment.