Coronation Street 'confirms' Lauren is 'hiding something' with 'more secrets to come'

Coronation Street has appeared to confirm that Lauren Bolton is hiding another huge secret - following a giveaway ‘clue’ on the ITV soap.

The youngster (Cait Fitton) returned to the cobbles recently after months of being missing. It was revealed that sicko solicitor Joel Deering (Calum Lill) was behind her disappearance. And this week, Joel was finally exposed for his horrific crimes. Joel wormed his way into Lauren’s life last year after helping her out with bills, eventually coercing her into a sexual relationship.

He then left her for dead after bashing her head in, following a heated argument where Lauren mentioned fiancee Dee-Dee Bailey’s (Channique Sterling-Brown) name.

Meanwhile, thanks to copper Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), Joel was able to remain undetected due to Kit planting Lauren’s DNA in Nathan Curtis’ (Christopher Harper) van: framing him for the disappearance of Lauren.

Fans will recall Nathan groomed and abused Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) a few years ago - with Bethany adamant that he was behind Lauren’s disappearance too. However, when Lauren made her return, she revealed to Joel she was pregnant with his baby.

Spinning a web of lies, Joel forced Lauren to lie and say it was Nathan who was the one who abused her, not him. Joel then tried to kill her, drugging her in a desperate attempt to kill the baby. His sickening plan didn't work though, as she went into labour early and the baby survived.

And despite Joel thinking he had got away with his crimes, this week - the truth came out. But in a shocking twist, Joel got to the police first, lying that Lauren had taken illegal abortion pills to try and get rid of the baby.

However, while Lauren and Dee-Dee have since teamed up to take Joel down, viewers