CORONATION Street favourite Yasmeen Nazir has quit Weatherfield after 11 years.
The restaurant owner – who is played by actress Shelley King in the ITV soap – packed up and left suddenly for a new life working for a charity in London.
Yasmeen Nazir has left Weatherfield after 11 years in a lowkey exit[/caption]
Her granddaughter Alya was there to wave her off to her new life in London[/caption]
Yasmeen’ friends threw her an impromptu leaving drinks[/caption]
Her final scenes aired in today’s episode that is now available to stream on ITVX.
Sitting down with Alya in the Rovers, Yasmeen told her: “I had a call from the charity, someone dropped out and they want me to start immediately.
“I can’t just leave, and I don’t have anywhere to live down there.”
But Alya told her that she could stay with Zeedan until she’s sorted and that she would look after the restaurant until her share is sold.
“Do not pass up this opportunity,” Alya told her grandmother.
“I better go and pack then,” Yasmeen said rushing out.
But she wasn’t gone for long as she soon returned to the Rovers to tell Alya that in the brief time she’d ben away, she’d managed to sell her share of Speed Daal to Leanne Battersby.
Later in the restaurant, Yasmeen’ friends – and Leanne – gathered to say goodbye.
“I’m going to miss you all,” said Yasmeen. “You’ve been my true friends.”
“Will you please look after my plants, just until I can get my own place and move everything down?” she asked Alya as she packed up her car.
Yasmeen then remembered her beloved chickens but Alya promised to care for them.
“We have had some trying times on this street,” Yasmeen said.
Alya added: “Dad dying, Grandad going, all that stuff with Zeedan.”
“And Geoff,” addd Yasmeen.
“We survived it all,” Alya told her grandmother.
Yasmeen said: “We survived it together, you’v always been my rock. Are you sure you’re OK with me selling my share to Leanne?
“Time to go, be good. I love you.”
Coronation Street’s 2024 shock exits
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let’s break down who’s left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
With that Yasmeen got into her car and drove off, leaving Weatherfield behind after 11 years.
Actress Shelley quit the soap last year and told bosses that she would sign her final contract and then lave thee show.
