There’s a fairly unexpected love story coming up in Corrie this Christmas

Nope. We didn't see this one coming...

A Christmas romance is set to blossom on the cobbles of Coronation Street, with Bethany Platt and Craig Tinker set to start a relationship. Craig, played by Colson Smith, has had feelings for best friend Bethany (Lucy Fallon) for months but has never acted on them - until this week. Craig comes clean during what he thinks is a date with Bethany but it backfires as she doesn't reciprocate his feelings, leaving him devastated. To his surprise, Bethany will reveal that she's had a change of heart later this month. In the soap's Boxing Day episode, she tells him she wants to be together, but is worried about getting into a relationship given everything she's been through. They do decide to give it a go though, as show producer Kate Oates confirmed to Radio Times. "In news that should gladden the heart of even the most Scrooge-like curmudgeon – Bethany will embark on a tentative romance with Craig. Glad tidings indeed!" she said. This comes months after Bethany, played by Lucy Fallon, was at the heart of a storyline in which she was groomed and abused by older man Nick and assaulted by a number of his friends.