The Diary

HIS evil Coronation Street character Richard “Killer” Hillman may not be missed in Weatherfield, but clearly actor Brian Capron made many a friend in his soap days.
For a raft of his former soap star pals headed out to support his opening night of stage show “Stepping Out” at Manchester Opera House last night (Monday, October 5). Brian is pictured above in the show, as character Geoffrey.
Among those heading to the first night included Brian’s former soap step-children, Jack P. Shepherd (who plays David Platt) and Tina O’Brien (who played Sarah-Louise Platt).
Jack headed to the play with his girlfriend Lauren, who is looking fab after the birth of their first baby together, daughter Nyla Rae, was born in February.

Brian stars in the comedy play about a group of women learning to tap dance alongside former Eastenders star Jessie Wallace.
Here’s Jessie complete with blonde wig in the play.

SPOOKY goings on for a host of celebrities packing into Manchester’s Living Room restaurant last week.
And I hear it was not just the usual type of spirits in the Deansgate bar being shaken and stirred.
For Destiny Rising – a new troupe of psychic readers and mediums – gave an exclusive series of one-on-one readings to star faces.
Ex-Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton was first up, and left rather gobsmacked after the eerily accurate psychic reading with celebrity medium Ronnie Buckingham.
She tells me: “The reading I had from Ronnie and the other Destiny Rising readers totally blew me away. Me and my mum had a joint reading and everything they said had relevance, they gave accurate names, situations and spoke lovely about past loved ones – it did freak us out a little!
“Ronnie could even tell us about the conversation me and my mum had in the car on the way to Manchester.”
Blimey! Expect to hear much more from the psychic team in coming weeks, as they are launching themselves with a new website from mid-October, called destinyrising.co.uk.