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Coronation Street spoiler: What is Beth Tinker’s dark secret?

When son's new career threatens to expose it, she tries desperately to cover her tracks

KNICKER stitcher Beth Tinker’s world looks set to come apart at the seams as a secret from her past threatens to be exposed.

Beth (Lisa George) is pleased as punch when son Craig (Colson Smith) announces his intentions to join the police force.

While he’s off attending a Special Constable Information Day however, she soon changes her tune following a conversation with pal Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford).

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Beth Tinker's enthusiasm about son Craig's new career doesn't last long after a conversation with Tracy Barlow sees the colour drain from her face - what is she hiding?Credit: ITV
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And how far will she go to protect her secret in an exciting new Coronation Street storyline?Credit: ITV

Bragging to the florist about Craig’s ambitions, Tracy remarks how her own daughter Amy could never consider such a career owing to her family’s criminal past.

As the colour drains from Beth’s face, what could she be hiding?

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After lying that she had posed his application form, Craig confronts his mum after finding it hidden in her handbagCredit: ITV
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She tries to fob him off by saying that she's worried about him going into such a dangerous job, but will he buy it?Credit: ITV

Her nervous disposition intensifies when Craig returns with his application form and starts asking questions about whether there have been any convictions in the family.

Rattling off a few minor offences, when Beth later lies about having posted the form for him it is obvious that she was holding something back.

Furious when he later finds his application in his mum’s bag, Craig naturally demands answers.

Attempting to fob him off by saying that she’s worried about him going into such a dangerous job, will Craig buy it?

And for how much longer can Beth’s secret stay one?

Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday August 8 and Wednesday August 10 on ITV.

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