Coronation Street ‘confirms’ who killed Joel as unexpected prison twist follows in 26 pictures

With Ryan having told her about Kit’s antics, Daisy confronts the detective (Picture: ITV)

Kit lies about the alcohol bottle, claiming that he needed to get drunk after Paul’s funeral (Picture: ITV)

David and Max pay Lauren a visit at the hospital (Picture: ITV)

They tell Lauren that she and Frankie are welcome to move in once there’ve finished in foster care (Picture: ITV)

Summer gets an unexpected shock when she returns home to flat (Picture: ITV)

There is a strange man present (Picture: ITV)

The man in question tires to reassure Summer that there is no need to be alarmed (Picture: ITV)

Billy reveals that the man’s name is Wayne and that he invited him back after meeting him at the addicts group (Picture: ITV)

Bernie arranges a special screening to celebrate Paul but, as the residents of Weatherfield watch the laptop, the screen goes blank (Picture: ITV)

A drunken Billy pulls the plug, branding the whole thing a farce (Picture: ITV)

To make matters worse, he reveals that he tried to kiss Todd after Paul’s funeral (Picture: ITV)

Everyone is left reeling (Picture: ITV)

Bethany heads out to the Rovers but she is left upset when her stoma bag starts to leak (Picture: ITV)

Tim is working a shift at Street Cars (Picture: ITV)

Mason discreetly enters and grabs his rucksack (Picture: ITV)

Tim, however, spots him doing so and confronts him (Picture: ITV)

Will Mason be ale to explain himself? (Picture: ITV)

Billy continues to drink and passes out in the freezing cold (Picture: ITV)

With his phone dead and no way of getting in touch with him, his loved ones are left concerned (Picture: ITV)

Bernie spots Billy and swoops into action (Picture: ITV)

She calls an ambulance – but will Billy be okay? (Picture: ITV)

Dee-Dee breaks down while talking to Ed (Picture: ITV)

She confesses to Joel’s murder! (Picture: ITV)

Ed is left reeling and makes it his mission to stop his daughter from going to the police – but is Dee-Dee really to blame? (Picture: ITV)

David discreetly looks at his emails (Picture: ITV)

He deletes all trace of the emails from Weatherfield prison (Picture: ITV)

Coronation Street lines up another week full of twists and turns, as confirmed in my new picture gallery, with an unexpected murder confession on the cards and another much-loved resident is left to die.

Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) struggles to hold it together in the wake of Joel Deering’s (Calum Lill) murder and, overwhelmed, she breaks down to dad Ed (Trevor Michael Georges), confessing that that she killed her ex!

The admission knocks Ed for six.

Dee-Dee decides that she’s going to hand herself into the police but, horrified, Ed does his best to and try to talk her out of it. The question is: is Dee-Dee correct? Did she actually kill Joel?

Or can fans expect another twist to this tale?

The jury is still out on that one but let’s hope that Ed can prevent Dee-Dee from reporting what she believes to be the truth, otherwise Joel will have ruined yet another life.

Elsewhere in the Street, emotions run high for Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), who takes to the booze before heading to the pub for the celebration of Paul Foreman (Peter Ash).

But as everyone gathers at the Rovers to watch Paul’s ashes be released via video link, the screen suddenly goes blank, with Billy having pulled the plug.

The vicar declares the whole thing a farce as he reveals that he made a pass at Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) after Paul’s funeral. Later, he drinks behind the factory in the freezing cold, listening to voice clips of Paul. His phone battery dies soon afterwards and he closes his eyes.

Later, Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) finds him frozen to the core and swiftly dials for an ambulance – but will he be okay?

It’s going to be an emotional week, that’s for sure.

Coronation Street airs these scenes between Monday, November 4 and Friday, November 8 at 8pm on ITV1 or stream from 7am on ITVX.