Back from the DEAD!

Lauren returns to the cobbles, but can Joel hide the truth from Dee-Dee?

- JOHNATHON HUGHES

Just when we'd got our heads around Joel being a secret psychopath who groomed vulnerable Lauren, there's another huge twist to digest: Lauren is still alive!

The missing teen emerged from the shadows to pay a sneaky visit to Roy in hospital as he recovered from his heart attack, and this week she returns to Weatherfield. But how will the residents react to her reappearance, and can Joel cover his tracks as fiancée Dee-Dee gets closer to the truth?

Roy may be groggy, but he insists he didn't imagine Lauren appearing at his bedside, so the cops scour Weathy General's CCTV.