Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street will introduce big changes for Alya Nazir next week, as she returns to the cobbles following her time in Dublin.

Alya left Weatherfield in May to work in Ireland while actor Sair Khan was on maternity leave, but she will be back home next week.

Yasmeen Metcalfe is delighted to have her granddaughter back on the cobbles and is proud to learn she is now shadowing a criminal lawyer, having progressed her legal career in recent months.

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Alya’s new role quickly takes a dramatic turn when Matty, Mason Radcliffe’s troublesome brotheris brought to the police station for questioning Carla Connor’s attack at the factory.

However, Alya represents Matty and is on hand to corroborate his alibi. Could Alya’s new job cause tension between her and her neighbors?

Sair Khan, which resumed filming in September following the birth of her little boy in Mayspoke about Alya’s “unexpected” return, teasing that “where we find her is not where you expect her to be.”

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“This puts obstacles in the way from the start,” she added. “Dee-Dee is one of her best friends, so she’ll know what’s going on, but where Alya finds herself is in a very compromised situation when she returns. “

Khan also confirmed that we’ll see a new side of Alya after her absence, revealing that her character has “definitely had a complete overhaul.”

“I think getting away from the streets, really focusing on her career and what she wants to be, lit a new spark in her,” she said. “She’s changed paths a little bit in terms of work and what she wants to do, but she’s putting her heart, soul and all her passion into making her career successful and learning.”

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The actor added that Alya now has “a little more money” and a “higher” fashion sense and has also “taken some time for herself.”

“I think she took the opportunity to be a little selfish, and I like that for her,” she said.

Khan added that she “felt like I’d never been away” after returning to work. of her maternity leave.

“It’s been fun catching up with everyone and seeing how everyone’s doing, and hearing about all the storylines they’ve been involved in,” she said.

Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday, November 25 and Wednesday, November 27.

Coronation Street is broadcast Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and broadcast on ITVX.

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