PREGNANT Lauren Bolton will collapse next week as her life goes from bad to worse in Coronation Street.
The troubled teenager – who is played by actress Cait Fitton in the ITV soap – is being kept in vicious groomer Joel Deering’s flat after he realised her baby could expose his vile actions.
But while she’s living it up at Joel’s expense, Lauren’s trapped and alone without the support of her friends.
Instead Joel has hatched a sick plan to get Lauren out of the country in an effort to hide his sinister secrets from fiance Dee-Dee.
Next week Joel realises that funding the flat for Lauren takes more than he realised and he tells Dee-Dee to watch their wedding budget, but claims his divorce is proving costly.
When Joel brings daughter Maeve to spend time with Dee-Dee at the flat, Dee-Dee says he’s a born father falling for his plot hook, line and sinker.
And later when Lauren sends an urgent text about a leak at the flat Joel is forced to take Maeve with him as Dee Dee has to go to court.
But things get interesting when outside the corner shop flat, Dee-Dee takes delivery of a parcel and assumes it’s a gift from Joel.
She’s puzzled to see it’s addressed to ‘E. Smith’.
At the police station, Joel’s troubled by a voice note from Dee-Dee revealing she’s intercepted his delivery.
After paying Lauren a visit and assuring her she’ll be moving to Ireland very soon, Joel promises Dee-Dee that going forward she’ll have his undivided attention.
But disaster strikes when Lauren is mugged.
Max comforts her after the crime at the precinct and she hurries back to the flat.
Back at the flat Joel feigns concern as he plots to get rid of her for good.
Alone, Lauren doubles over in pain, clutching her stomach in agony.
Having tracked her to the flat, Max arrives and bangs on the door.
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
Lauren calls out to him that she’s terrified she’s losing the baby but will she?
Or will Max work out whose flat she’s staying at and expose Joel for the abuser he is?
