Coronation Street's Sally leaves Christina devastated in early ITVX episode

Coronation Street spoilers follow from Friday's episode (2 October), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't aired on ITV1 yet.

Coronation Street's Christina Boyd receives a stern warning from Sally Metcalfe tonight after revealing her secret family connection to troubled teen Lucy Parkinson.

Christina comes clean after Sally questions her strange behaviour following an emotional meeting at the funeral parlour.

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Friday's episode sees Sally accompany Lucy to Shuttleworths' to discuss plaque options for the schoolgirl's mum Rachel.

Christina is visibly moved as Sally and Lucy produce some old photos of Rachel, and she seizes the opportunity to secretly steal one for herself…

Later, Lucy notices that the picture is missing so Sally returns to the undertakers to retrieve it.

When Sally finds it stashed among Christina's possessions, it forces Christina to come clean about the secret she's been keeping.

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Christina dares to hope that she could play a role in Lucy's upbringing, even if she can't reveal herself as the youngster's grandmother for now. However, she's devastated when Sally immediately rules out the possibility as Lucy has been through enough.

"I know your heart is breaking and what it would mean to you to have a little piece of Rachel," Sally notes. "But Tim and I have a duty of care – and that child has had enough trauma to last her two lifetimes."

Christina protests that she could even develop "just a little friendship" with Lucy, but Sally replies: "No, no, you can't. That's just not going to work, not yet. It's too risky, you wouldn't be able to help yourself. You'd end up telling her.

"It's not up for debate – you need to stay away from Lucy. Tim and I have to do right by that little girl. Don't put us to the test…"

Amy Robbins, who plays Christina, had previously teased how this big new storyline could affect her character's friendship with Sally.

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"It's about to get very awkward and difficult with Sally, very much so," Amy told us. "The two of them have already got a history of squabbling.

"They're part of the same friendship group, but I think if any two of them from the gang are so different in personality, it's Sally and Christina. It's about to get very nasty between the two of them."

She added: "When the producer told me that I'd be doing a lot with Sally, I was really overjoyed because Sally Dynevor is truly one of the loveliest people I've ever met in life and I don't say that lightly. She is just the sweetest woman and we get on so well in real life. To have a storyline with one of the original and best cast members is brilliant, too.

"Also, Joe Duttine who plays Tim, is such a brilliant actor. He's so subtle and so detailed."

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