Coronation Street airs major decisions for Debbie Webster and the women of Weatherfield in early ITVX release

Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) has made a major decision in an episode of Coronation Street dedicated to her and the women of Weatherfield that she describes as her 'angels'.

Beloved Debs' invited best pals Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor), Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger), Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins), Bernie Winter-Alahan (Jane Hazlegrove) and Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine) around to her flat for a drinks night with a catch.

She wanted them to help her sort through old photographs to use in a memory book for son Carl (Jonathan Howard), though the night quickly took a sad turn.

Assembling her friends around the dining table, Debbie laid out the plans for her final months. She knew that her young-onset dementia diagnosis was a ticking time bomb, and after reassuring them that she'd vetoed a trip to Dignitas in Switzerland, presented some brochures for a luxury care home.

Tensions then began to flare as Christina detailed her recent troubles. She told the girls that she was fighting for justice in the name of her late daughter Rachel, who has been painted as an abuser by her husband Richie (Nathan Sussex). He is currently on remand for her murder, claiming that he'd stabbed her in self-defence.

Glenda was left upset when Christina said she'd never be able to understand how she felt as she wasn't a mother herself, and when Debbie tried to intervene, Christina told her to go back to "gaga land".

With the night in tatters, Sally raced after Christina to try and make amends following their recent fallout. Surprisingly, Christina was receptive to her advice, and later apologised to Glenda and Debbie.

Abi, meanwhile, opened up about her longing for a happy life - it being clear that she was missing her marriage with Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell). Glenda was having her own relationship issues, detailing a particularly awkward date she'd had recently.

By the end of the evening, the women all made pacts for their future:

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Debbie said that she was going to focus on spending more time with Carl and husband Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan), so would be retiring from work. We then saw her looking over the legal documentation to give Ronnie the Chariot Square Hotel.

Sally vowed to be a better foster parent, and we later witnessed her snuggling up with Shanice and Joanie Michaelis (Molly Kilduff and Savanna Pennington).

Abi said she was grateful for her friends, sobriety and for infant son Alfie - who was her chance to finally get motherhood right. However, at the end of the episode, she resisted knocking on Kevin's door.

Glenda concluded that she was fed up of being lonely, and that she was going to open up more. We then heard her calling a prospective date and arranging a night together!

Bernie challenged her perception of femininity, and said that she realised that even following a double mastectomy or hysterectomy - which could save her life after being diagnosed with the BRCA gene mutation - she would still be a mother and a grandmother.

Christina intended to continue her fight for Rachel, and later booked a visit to see Richie in prison. But will it go to plan?

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