ITV Coronation Street fans lose it as they make 'rare sighting' minutes into latest episode

Coronation Street fans couldn't believe what they were seeing as they made a 'rare sighting' just moments into the latest trip to Weatherfield. They tuned in on Wednesday night (April 27) for the ITV soap's latest hour-long episode.

As they did, they were soon reunited with Daniel Osbourne and Nicky Wheatley who are now living together. The Weatherfield High teacher invited Nicky to move in with him after she lost her teaching assistant job at the same school.

She returned to the street earlier this year, keen for her friend to help her out with bagging the job as she wanted a fresh start for her and her daughter, Maisie. However, just as things appeared to be looking up, the former sex worker was left humiliated when images and videos of her in her past role were spread across the school.

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Nicky was hauled into Mrs Crawshaw's office where she lost her job and was even more mortified when she found out the Gazette had ran a story on her. Losing her job also meant she could no longer afford to move in to the new home she found for her and Maisie, which is where Daniel swooped in.

But back to Wednesday night, we returned to see the pair stood on the cobbles as Daniel thanked Nicky, who first entered his life in 2020 shortly after the tragic death of his wife Sinead, for looking after his son Bertie. But it was a blink and you'll miss it moment as Bertie was shown on screen.

While this may not seem like a big deal, it was pointed out last week that the little boy is rarely seen these days - leading to an 'invisible child' mystery. And soap watchers were also puzzled whether he was being looked after by his aunt