Coronation Street delivers the drama next week, as confirmed in my new spoiler pictures, with a major return set to take the cobbles – and the residents of said cobbles – by storm.

Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton), who was revealed to be alive earlier this week, makes her long-awaited comeback, shortly after Roy Cropper (David Neilson) claims that she visited him in hospital.

Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) believes that her uncle was hallucinating following his heart attack but, to her shock, a nurse at the hospital confirms that Roy’s visitor was, in fact, a young girl with blonde hair!

With some assistance from Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown), Nina checks the CCTV to confirm if it was Lauren.

Roy is delighted as he believes that Lauren is alive but Nina is furious that she left it this long to return and clear his name. 

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Subsequent scenes will see Lauren return to the street and, more importantly, to the cafe, where she speaks to Roy, desperate to make things right after the beloved cafe owner found himself in trouble with the police over her disappearance.

Will Roy be able to forgive her?

Elsewhere, Carla Connor (Alison King) comes across the group of youths who were hassling Roy – and she gives them a piece of her mind!

Coronation Street picture shows Bethany, Joel, Roy, Lauren and Toyah in front of the Rovers Return
With an unexpected return and a villain on the verge of being exposed, Coronation Street is once again unmissable next week (Picture: ITV)

But as she gets into her car, one of the teens comes towards her as she opens her door, which knocks him off his bike!

Betsy (Sydney Martin), meanwhile, takes advantage of Carla, which causes chaos at the factory.

It’s going to be quite a week on the nation’s most famous fictional street, that’s for sure!

Coronation Street airs these scenes between Monday, July 15 and Friday, July 19 at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.  

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