And there's a rumour in The Sun today that says his character, cabbie Lloyd Mullaney, will make his return working for a rival cab-firm, and not for Streetcars on the cobbles.
Let's hope Steve gets Lloyd back on the books at Streetcars as soon as he can. Those two are Corrie gold together.
Craig has already started filming on Corrie, and The Sun have a picture of him "fuming as taxi breaks down".
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