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Coronation Street is lining up explosive and jaw-dropping moments this Christmas period, as spoilers for the ITV soap have teased drama for several families and characters

Fans can expect a chaotic Christmas on Coronation Street, with danger, revenge and bombshells.

Bosses have said that Weatherfield “explodes” as secrets and revelations come to light. Residents will be left reeling, and fans will apparently be “on the edge of their seats”.

Maggie Driscoll, who is about to feature in a flashback episode, is front and centre this Christmas. Her act of revenge sees a group of characters brought together in dramatic fashion.

Tensions will rise in The Rovers as Eva’s wracked with guilt over a secret she’s been keeping, and her young daughter Susie’s innocent wish for a sibling sends her spiralling. When Maggie’s suspicions are piqued by a hidden letter and a tender moment between Eva and Adam Barlow, she takes action.

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Maggie sets a plan into motion wanting Eva out of her son Ben’s life for good. Of course it’s Christmas Day, so what would be more dramatic than a Christmas dinner being interrupted by bombshells and twists?

With Adam and his partner Alya Nazir suddenly invited, Maggie also extends an invite to her grandson Will’s athletics coach Megan and her new flame Daniel Osbourne. Of course Maggie has no idea Megan is grooming teenager Will.

As an explosive Christmas showdown occurs, there’s “gifts with shattering consequences”, accusations, revelations and a brutal attack on one of the guests. As someone is left unconscious in the ginnel, will they be okay and who is responsible?

There’s more danger too as ‘villain’ Becky Swain takes drastic action to get her way. Having torn her ex Lisa Swain’s relationship with her new fiancée Carla Connor apart, Becky tries once more to win her back.

She’s desperate to get her family back, but amid her involvement in the attack on DI Costello and Kit Green being onto her, she’s under threat. It’s said terrifying scenes and manipulation will feature, as Becky is driven to drastic measures.

Costello still faces jeopardy, while Carla has gone AWOL after her split – seemingly living her best life in Lanzarote. But is all as it seems? As a mystery about Carla begins to unfold, Becky works on convincing Lisa and daughter Betsy that they can have the perfect Christmas.

As her lies begin to unravel though, it’s on Kit to figure out the truth about Becky, Costello’s jumbled messages, and how it all links. Christmas will also see the build-up to Debbie Webster’s wedding to Ronnie Bailey.

A shocking death is set to rock the family, with Carl Webster left devastated. It’s teased that Debbie could be hiding a secret, while Carl’s own lies could come out in the open.

Finally this Christmas, Todd Grimshaw’s abuse ordeal at the hands of partner Theo Silverton escalates. With Todd isolated and heartbroken, pal and ex Billy Mayhew becomes concerned for Todd, so will Theo be exposed? Also, The Platts gather round and watch Gail Platt’s Christmas message to the family a year on from her exit.

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Emmerdale spoilers have teased violent scenes next week as Bear challenges Ray over Anya’s death, and Lewis is reeling over some news about Kev when the police come knocking

There’s some big moments on Emmerdale next week, with new spoiler clips teasing violence and an exit.

Bear Wolf lashes out at villain Ray Walters next week on the ITV soap in the wake of poor Anya’s death. Grieving, a discovery sends him into a rage, and he confronts Ray in dramatic fashion.

It comes following Anya sadly passing away, amid the soap’s horrifying modern slavery storyline. With Ray and Celia Daniels refusing to get Anya the medical help she needed after an injury, she got sick and passed away.

Bear had grown close to her and vowed to look after her, so her death hits him hard. But it seems as far as he’s concerned, Anya’s body has been taken away from the farm.

He soon finds out the truth though and goes looking, where he finds Anya’s body up against a wall in the feed shed. Disgusted with the way she has been discarded like she’s nothing, Bear lashes out.

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Holding a bracelet Anya’s daughter had made for her, Bear tells Ray he’s seen the body and knows he’s been lied to. He accuses Ray of not caring about what’s happened, and treating her like an animal.

Ray gets annoyed and tells Bear to calm down, trying to get control over the situation. But as he starts shoving Bear and telling him to back off, Bear loses it and shouts in his face.

Grabbing him by the collar, he shoves him up against a wall leaving Ray gasping. But is this the moment that he sees he’s being manipulated, and that Ray is not on his side?

Also in the village next week, scenes could seal an exit. Lewis Barton is left stunned when the police arrive at the café, declaring they need to speak with Kev Townsend.

Kev is in the café at the time amid his growing friendship with Lewis, his secret son. When the police arrive and ask to speak with him, Lewis asks if Kev is being arrested, when they reveal it’s about an armed robbery.

Kev tries to downplay the situation, telling the police they have got it wrong and they will soon realise he’s had nothing to do with it. But with them claiming they’ve found evidence, and viewers knowing he did carry out the crime, could this lead him being sent back to prison for his crime in a rather abrupt exit for the newcomer? Viewers will have to tune in to find out!

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Saturday’s event was promoted as “unfinished business”, but in the build-up it did not feel like that really rang true – there was no contention over the result of the first contest.

Maybe it was harking back to the rivalry between their fathers, who fought a controversial draw in their second and final meeting in 1993.

It was a feud that gripped the British public but felt unsettled.

The scars of that fight still haunt Benn’s father Nigel and at the post-fight news conference he was dragged right back into that mindset.

“He [Eubank Sr] just loves the limelight, he doesn’t care about his son, ” Nigel Benn said.

“I don’t think I’ll ever speak to him again. He tries to quote scripture but he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

As Nigel was growing more and more animated, his son began to laugh and could possibly picture himself speaking about Eubank Jr in three decades.

Despite still holding a grudge, it did feel like Nigel was able to gain some closure on the feud through his son.

“I don’t know if Conor knows but this is my last training camp,” he added.

“I won’t be doing this any more. I have three lovely kids in Australia that need me. I have a lovely wife that needs me.”

The sons were never meant to fight. Eubank Jr is seven years older, and Conor Benn has operated two weight classes lower for most of his career.

But the appetite to see two icons – Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn – back in the boxing sphere alongside their offspring was insatiable.

As characters, they could not be further apart.

Eubank Sr is a performer, often pulling focus from his son with his dance moves, while the elder Benn is straight and to the point.

At the post-fight news conference, Nigel had changed out of his cream suit and donned a blue Team Benn tracksuit.

He entered the room next to his son and they were followed by a group of around 20 people made up of family, friends and coaches.

Benn made sure to pay tribute to every one of them after helping him through “dark times” when he was banned from boxing after testing positive for a banned substance.

“There were a lot of people in the changing room that were there for me in those dark times,” Benn said.

“I wasn’t strong enough to do it alone and they gave wisdom and helped carry me. The win is for them.”

A man has slammed an ‘entitled’ couple for stealing his sun loungers at a holiday resort in the Caribbean, but while some people agree with his stance, others say he is part of the problem

A man has sparked a debate after sharing how he took revenge on an ‘entitled’ couple for stealing his sun loungers at a holiday resort. He explained how he and his wife were enjoying a well-earned vacation in the Caribbean after saving up for a week of relaxation.

He explained: “It wasn’t very crowded. We picked out a couple of nice loungers and spent most of the week there with no issues. Another couple showed up a few days before we were scheduled to leave. My wife caught them looking at us a few times over a couple of days.”

On their last morning at the resort, they noticed the couple’s belongings spread across their loungers.

While they wouldn’t have had an issue with this if the couple were sitting on them taking in the sun, the man explained how the couple “didn’t show up until noon”.

He said: “Later, after they arrived and we saw who it was, my wife said they stole our spot on purpose.

“Confirmed when my wife was in the water and saw then walk by me in our new, less awesome spot. They looked at me and started laughing.”

Before leaving the resort to fly home the next day, the man came up with a plan to teach them a lesson they’d never forget.

“We were leaving the next day,” he added. “We went down very early, spread fresh towels on the loungers, put fresh folded towels down, and left our leftover suntan lotion and our inflatable floats on the loungers.

“Hope they spent all day waiting to see who stole their spot.”

While some users praised him for his revenge, others say he’s “just as bad” because he tried to claim the same beds all week long.

Commenting on his post, one user said: “I don’t get it… you thought the loungers belonged to you for the whole week?”

Another user added: “Every resort and cruise ship needs to adopt the policy of not saving seats. If you get up to go jump in the pool for a bit and leave your belongings there, fine.

“But leaving a towel on a chair all day is silly, and I have seen some places that have signage saying that towels left on chairs like that will be taken by staff.”

A third user said: “People who think they own a spot at a hotel are the worst.”

One more user added: “They were the hotels loungers – for the hotels guests. First come, first served.

“If you want your personal loungers then pack them into your cases and take them with you.

“Then you intentionally left a bunch of junk and littered the place up. And now you’re bragging about it.”