Coronation Street confirms surprising new friendship – and it could be genius

Coronation Street’s Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) person ne'er precisely been the champion of friends, but that each looks acceptable to change.

The brace are acceptable to signifier an improbable – but genius – relationship successful scenes to aerial this week, erstwhile they some realise they are abbreviated connected mates. 

Tracy precocious railed against Leanne aft she roped girl Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) into Rowan Cunliffe’s (Emrhys Cooper) cult The Institute past year. 

Amy ended up being conned retired of £40,000 of her precocious grandma Deirdre Barlow’s (Anne Kirkbride) inheritance wealth by Rowan, which contempt him present being down bars, she has inactive not recovered. 

However, connected Monday, Leanne sets astir putting things close with Amy, handing her a cheque for £12,000. 

Leanne explains it has travel from the compensation she received from her begetter Les Battersby’s (Bruce Jones) fatal workplace accident, and wants her to judge it.

Later successful the week, aft months of tension, Tracy points retired that neither she oregon Leanne person immoderate friends close present and suggests they caput retired to person immoderate fun. 

At the Bistro, they bask watching Leanne’s sister Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) getting grief from Abi Webster (Sally Carman).

On Friday, it’s Leanne’s large time successful court, arsenic she faces the euphony implicit the events of Christmas, which saw relations betwixt her and Toyah scope boiling constituent implicit her sister’s matter with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price). 

After Leanne receives a assemblage order, Tracy points retired to her newfound person that Toyah not lone stole her man, but her level with each her things successful it too, leaving her with nutrient for thought. 

Is this the commencement of a beauteous caller friendship?

Coronation Street airs these scenes from Monday 24 January astatine 8pm connected ITV1 oregon watercourse archetypal from 7am connected ITVX.

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