There’s also shocking news for Bethany Platt in the ITV soap next week

Rowan Cunliffe will be back on screens next week as he faces up to his work with The Institute in Coronation Street. It’s been a few months since Leanne Battersby’s mento has been seen on the cobbles having been exposed for his corrupt work.

In court, tensions are high as Rowan’s barrister cross-examines Amy, Nick and Leanne. When Leanne catches Rowan sharing a smug grin, she loses her temper and the court is adjourned. Has Leanne ruined her chances of taking Rowan down?

Leanne soon sets her sights on Nick as she insists they have a drink together. Later, Leanne finds Toyah Habeeb’s passport and uploads the photo page from Toyah’s passport onto a website.

Later in the week, and at the flat, a plotting Leanne watches Nick Tilsely trying to fix the Christmas lights. At her dad Les’ will reading, Nick comforts Leanne as Toyah watches on. AdamBarlow reveals that the abattoir where Les worked has offered £50k in compensation for his death, with the condition of signing an NDA.

Later, Leanne prepares for Les’s wake at the Bistro, where Nick reveals his solo holiday plans as Sam couldn’t get time off school. After the funeral, the group gathers for the wake, where Nick gives Leanne a comforting hug. Afterwards, Leanne arranges with Mrs Crawshaw for Sam to join Nick on holiday without his knowledge.

Elswhere, when David and Shona Platt go to a meeting with the prison governor, he reveals that Clayton Hibbs previously issued two visiting orders and someone came to see him. When the governor refuses to tell who the visitor was, David ushers Shona out. A suspicious Shona confronts David and asks if he was Clayton’s visitor. How will David talk himself out of this?

Later, David admits to Max Turner that he intercepted the visiting orders and visited Clayton but Shona must never know. Shona jumps in Steve McDonald’s cab, orders him to take her somewhere but mustn’t breathe a word. Steve confides in Max that he drove Shona to the prison and as they both arrive at the prison gates, they find Shona mid-row with the governor.

As the argument escalates and Shona loses her temper, she shoves the governor. In a bid of desperation, will Max tell Shona the truth? When Shona eventually arrives home in the back of Steve’s cab, glancing at the house, she changes her mind and orders Steve to drive her back into town.

The morning after, after failing to return home last night, David calls at the café hoping Shona will have turned up for work but is out of luck. Finally returning home, Shona confides in Roy Cropper that she’s done something she deeply regrets. What has Shona done?

Also on the cobbles, Chesney Brown is furious to discover someone has slashed his car tyres. Telling Fiz Dobbs about the man with the van, Chesney’s convinced he’s the one behind it. Chesney spots the same van again, parked outside the house but as he takes a closer look, the van speeds away.

Meanwhile, Kit Green flirts with Daisy Midgeley as he helps her position the fairy on the Christmas tree and suggests they go on a date. As they head for the Bistro, Daisy’s unimpressed as Kit shows no sympathy when Max approaches and blames him for Lauren Bolton being in a prison cell on her birthday. Will Daisy cut the date short?

Later, Daisy admits to Kit that she was unimpressed at his handling of Max and reckons he could have been more empathetic. Will they be able to put this behind them?

Also, struggling to come to terms with being fitted with a stoma bag, Bethany Platt attends her support group and it’s clear she’s lied to Dawn, the group leader, about the operation she had which resulted in a stoma bag. Later, Sarah Platt shows Bethany a news article stating that the Turkish clinic she used has botched another liposuction operation.

At the end of the week, Debbie Webster shows off her new convertible to Kevin Webster, but her mood changes when Bethany mentions suing the Turkish clinic for yet another botched operation. Adam, meanwhile, advises Bethany and Sarah to demand compensation from a director of the Turkish clinic who happens to live in the UK, and when he reveals their name, they are shocked.