New Corrie family set to get tongues wagging

A new family will set tongues wagging on Coronation Street after moving into Weatherfield hiding a dark secret.

No sooner have the Nelsons first set foot on Corrie's cobbles than nosy neighbours are suspicious about what they have got to hide.

A spokeswoman for the show says it will be evident as soon as the family - parents Angela and Tommy, 16-year-old Katy and Craig, 12 - arrive that there is "more to them than meets the eye".

"Everyone is going to be very suspicious straight away, their story does not add up," she said.

The rumour mill will be fuelled by the family's hostility towards the police, Tommy's reluctance to sup a pint in the Rovers and a family feud.

The Nelsons - Weatherfield's first new family since the rowdy Battersbys hit TV screens with a bang five years ago - are moving into Matt Ramsden's old house, next door to the Platts and the Peacocks.

Angela, played by Kathryn Hunt - who recently starred in ITV drama Fat Friends - will get a job in the factory while Tommy (Thomas Craig) will start working in the garage.