Coronation Street to expose truth in Hope and Beth slap storyline

Elle Mulvaney has grown up in front of Coronation Street viewers' eyes. Thirteen years after taking over the role of Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald's daughter, the actress has been thrust back into the forefront of the ITV soap.

Coronation Street's Stephen Reid takes dark action against Carla Connor next week that could leave her dead. Fans of the ITV soap will be horrified to hear that the factory boss' life is in serious danger. In official spoilers released by ITV, Stephen is planning to make Carla his third victim having already murdered builder Leo Thompkins and his father Teddy.

Coronation Street fans think they have figured out Stephen Reid's next victim on the cobbles as new ITV soap spoilers see the Weatherfield murderer spark suspicion. Viewers will recall that Stephen murdered Leo Thompkins last year and recently murdered the latter's father, Teddy Thompkins, after he grew suspicious of Stephen.

Andrew Whyment) and Beth Tinker (Lisa George) have done quite well in swerving the majority of it in Coronation Street. After the couple first got together, way back in 2012, the only real trouble they faced was the small (alright, it was very big) matter of Beth actually already being married and therefore committing bigamy when her and Kirk tied the knot.

Coronation Street star Alison King, who plays Carla Connor on the long-running soap, celebrated her 50th birthday in style. Alison's co-star, Samia Longchambon who plays Carla's former sister-in-law Maria Connor, took to Instagram to share a snap of the star-studded celebrations.The photo saw Samia and Alison posing alongside Julia Goulding, Jane Danson, Tina O'Brien and Georgia Taylor. Captioning the glam pic Samia wrote: "Celebrated our awesome Ali Kings’ birthday with these queens last night #birthdaygirl #friends." Fans of the actresses were quick to comment on the snap, with many wishing Alison a happy birthday.

Coronation Street viewers have seen friction between child Hope Stape (played by Isabelle Flanagan) and Beth Tinker (Lisa George) following the death of Cilla the Chinchilla after Peanut the dog killed her. However, as anger and frustrations grew, Beth took things a step too far and slapped the child for her behaviour. After Peanut killed Hope's beloved new pet Cilla, the devious child took matters into her own hands and lied about Beth's dog biting her to avenge her Chinchilla.

Coronation Street have recast Jackson Hodge after six years as the character is set for a return, leaving Faye Windass in turmoil. Viewers will recall that Jackson is the father of Faye's daughter, Miley, who she gave birth to in 2015 when they were both teenagers. However, soon after Miley's Christening service, Faye struggled with being a young mum as the Hodge family offered to look after the youngster.

Coronation Street spoilers see Daisy Midgeley's stalking storyline take another terrifying turn as sinister Justin's dark link to her mother Christina is revealed. Only recently, Justin has been inflicting a terror campaign on Daisy after first meeting at hospital last year - and despite Daisy going to the police to report her stalker, they haven't taken her concerns seriously. In upcoming scenes, Daisy meets her mum, Christina, for lunch but when her mother introduces her new boyfriend...

With the FA Cup upon us a number of regularly scheduled TV shows have had to be rescheduled, including popular soaps EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. From 7pm on Wednesday (March 3) the football will be dominating television screens, filling the schedules for both the BBC and ITV.

Broadcaster Charles Foster has passed away after delighting audiences as one of the faces of the North West's Granada TV channel throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s.The veteran ITV staple, was also an accomplished actor with roles in the ITV dramas Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Crown Court. Most recently he had provided the voice over on ITV's Judge Rinder programme, having also previously worked on Catchphrase and The Krypton Factor. Immediately following the announcement of his sad death, tributes have flooded in from all around the country.

Lucy Fallon welcomed her first child, a son Sonny Jude, in an emotional birth, which left her and footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson sobbing "happy tears" upon their newborn's arrival. But the birth wasn't without its drama and the former Coronation Street actress told OK! she was induced at 38 weeks on the 29th January when doctors noticed Sonny's growth had started to slow down. “I was having tiny contractions during the day,” the 27 year old recalled.

Former Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon exclusively introduces her newborn son, who she shares with her footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson, to OK! VIP readers, in an adorable at-home photoshoot. In our interview, the new mum also shares all the details on his arrival, her journey with breastfeeding and her bundle of joy's adorable name.

Coronation Street. Will he recover from the health scare or do viewers have to brace themselves for the worst?Bill was last seen on the ITV soap 12 years ago when he attended his granddaughter Sophie Webster's (Brooke Vincent) wedding to Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson). The actor who played Bill - Armitage - sadly died in 2018 when he was 79 years old.

EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street are in a huge schedule shake-up next week thanks to the Live FA Cup Football. Next week, soap watchers will be disappointed to see Wednesday's episodes cancelled and instead replaced with football, which will be airing on both BBC One at 7:30pm and ITV at 7pm. While EastEnders will be cancelled again on Tuesday for the Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup which will air at 7:30pm with Emmerdale going back to its old time of 7pm so Live FA Cup Football can air 7:30pm.

Coronation Street fans have been left worried for Max Turner as they predict a tragic twist in his current storyline. The teen, played by Paddy Bever, was put behind bars after pleading guilty to encouraging terrorism.

Coronation Street alumnus Adam Rickitt is still busy at work with his successful side business in Knutsford, Cheshire. Co-ran by his Good Morning Britain correspondent wife Katy, 'Dexter and Jones' is a craft beer/artisan gin/fine wine passion project for the part-time actor, who also popped up in Hollyoaks as Kyle Kelly a few years back.The 44 year old, sporting a long blonde mane of hair, was snapped loading some of their products out of the shop earlier today ahead of opening time. According to a website description, Dexter and Jones stocks "more than 450 different craft beers, 10 draft beers (which are ever changing), more than 150 small batch gins and more than 60 different wines.

Coronation Street fans were left horrified by a "disgusting" twist for poor old Daisy Midgeley on Wednesday night as she continues to be stalked by Justin on the ITV soap During the latest episode, Daisy, played by Charlotte Jordan, was bombarded with a string of texts from Justin as he continues to make her life a misery. An emotional Daisy showed her fiancé Daniel Osbourne the messages and he was left concerned as Justin appeared to send a death threat.Taking action, Daniel insisted they were going straight to the police station as he wasn't taking any chances after Justin's sinister text. However, upon speaking to PC Scott, the police officer played down Justin's terrifying behaviour, saying they will fill out a report but: "Until he [Justin] commits a crime, there is nothing more we can do!" And things went from bad to worse at the end of the episode as Daisy's phone flashed once more as she thought it was Justin but instead it was PC Scott liking all of her past holiday snaps.

Coronation Street looks set for explosive scenes next week as Stephen Reid's downfall is teased as his plan to spike Carla Connor's drink with LSD backfires. Viewers will recall that Stephen has been spiking Carla's drink on the ITV soap recently as "vile" revenge, which recently resulted in Carla woozily driving the Underworld van into Paul Foreman who was on Peter's bike. In upcoming episodes, Stephen gets a taste of his own medicine when he accidentally drinks Carla’s tea, which he spiked with LSD, just before he goes on stage to do a presentation for the new business.

Coronation Street star James Craven has shared what's next for his character as he's to be accused of rape. Aaron Sanford arrived in Weatherfield in 2022 when he met Summer Spellman at a diabetes support group.

Coronation Street star James Craven has heaped praise on his co-star Elle Mulvaney as they tackle a harrowing non-consent storyline. It was revealed last week that his character, Aaron Sandford, will be accused of rape by Amy Barlow, played by Elle since 2010, after a drunken night together in upcoming scenes in the ITV soap.