wrong message to Des, who was eager for a reconciliation and let his current girlfriend Raquel Wolstenhulme (Sarah Lancashire) walk out on him after he sided with Steph against her in an argument. When Steph saw that Des was getting his hopes up, she confessed that she had a new boyfriend, breaking his heart again. A year later, Des and Steph began divorce proceedings. Nearly two years after this, Des bumped into Steph who was working at a fast food outlet. Steph was heavily pregnant but she and the father were no longer in a relationship and she was living in a grotty bedsit. Des helped Steph find a flat and paid £500 as a deposit for her. Steph asked Des if he wanted to start again but Des didn't love her anymore and wanted to leave her in the past. Jackie Ingram Jacqueline Rachel "Jackie" Ingram (also Baldwin), played by Shirin Taylor, made her first screen appearance on 8 August 1990 and departed on 24 July 1991, later returning for two episodes on 13 April and 15 June 1992. Jackie was Peter Ingram's widow who fell for Mike Baldwin's charms and became his second wife. The marriage lasted a week before Jackie discovered he had only been after her money and had used some of it to help out his girlfriend, Alma Sedgewick. She threatened Mike with her shotgun before leaving him. Mike was given a tidy sum of money as a pay-off for a quick divorce. Angie Freeman Angela "Angie" Freeman moved into 7 Coronation Street to share with Jenny Bradley, into the room vacated by Flick and Joanne Khan. She was a free-spirited student studying Design at University and a woman who knew her own mind. In March 1991, Curly Watts moved in and they quickly became very close – but more as brother and sister than lovers, until one night when they had too much red wine and ended up in bed together. Both regretted it the next morning, but Curly always hoped that their relationship might develop into something more. After graduating, Angie was short of work, and worked unhappily for Mike Baldwin, and more happily for Hanif Ruparell. She found another soulmate in Des Barnes, but went on to have a rather confused and painful romance with Neil Mitchell. When she left Weatherfield for Mexico in March 1993 to study Aztec design, she left