Wendy Papadopoulos (née Crozier) had an affair with Ken Barlow in 1989 which led to his first divorce from Deirdre. Wendy met Ken professionally through her position as Planning Committee secretary for Weatherfield Council, when Ken was the owner of the Weatherfield Recorder. Wendy and Ken found that they shared their disdain of the secrecy and corruption of the Council and came up with a scheme where Wendy passed on details of Council plans to the Recorder, giving the paper an edge over the more popular Gazette free sheet. Ken didn't tell Deirdre the source of the leaks as she worked on the Council and he feared she would expose Wendy. When Deirdre herself came under suspicion of being Ken's mole, Ken printed information on council plans she wasn't aware of to absolve her, but when senior