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By Matthew Barbour A couple who married after meeting on First Dates have been inspired by a Corrie storyline to open up about living with motor neurone disease. Mike Sumner – who has MND – and his wife Zoe Welch are starring in a TV advert campaign that they hope will break the taboo around disabled people being intimate. Their mission is inspired by the loving relationship between Coronation Street characters Paul Foreman (played by Peter Ash), who has MND, and his husband Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank). The top ITV soap has aired scenes in which it is clear Paul and Billy have just had s…