Coronation Street spoilers with double exit, Joel hits back at Carla and relationship 'over'

The drama is ramping up in Coronation Street next week and it will see two exits from Weatherfield and a relationship potentially coming to an end.

But first in the ITV soap, Dee-Dee Bailey and DS Lisa Swain watch with disgust as Joel Deering serves Carla Connor with a letter commencing proceedings against her for slander. Meanwhile, Lauren has a visitor in the hospital who may be able to help stop Joel once and for all.

Later, Having spotted the Bistro van with a dashcam, Lisa and Dee-Dee go through the footage hoping to trace the company who sent the package to Joel containing the abortion-inducing drugs.

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Having ascertained that the parcel was from a private health clinic, Lisa calls them to provide details of the sender. Has Joel’s old package become new evidence?

Speaking of Lisa and her daughter Betsy Swain summons Sabrina Adetiba to the precinct and admits she’s done something really bad. At the end of the week, Betsy breaks down to Carla and admits she’s done something really bad. Lisa arrives at the factory and Betsy tells her everything and Lisa tells her that they need to go to the police station. What has Betsy done?

And back to Lauren, as she and Max Turner enjoy breakfast at the café, Lauren receives a call from the hospital telling her to come as quickly as possible. In the hospital, the doctor explains to a terrified Lauren that baby Frankie suffered a seizure and they’ve taken him for a scan.

Later, at the hospital, Dee-Dee accompanies Lauren to a meeting with the social worker where it’s explained that she’ll have to be monitored as