Coronation Street fans saw the arrival of newcomer Noah Hedley in tonight’s episode – and it doesn’t look like his arrival is good news for Todd or Eileen Grimshaw

Noah’s arrival could be bad news for Todd and Eileen (Image: ITV)

Noah Hedley’s Coronation Street entrance may have been overshadowed by the return of Jason Grimshaw tonight, but his presence won’t go unnoticed by the rest of the Grimshaws in later episodes. Spoilers next week reveal that Eileen finds an article in the Gazette which implicates them in an insurance scam following Julie’s death – and in tonight’s episode, it looks like Noah could be the one behind the article.

Tonight, Noah, played by Casualty’s Richard Winsor, made his entrance as he greeted friend Billy Mayhew. However, he wasn’t the only familiar face as Theo Silverton recognised him from conversion therapy.

Before Noah’s arrival, chaos erupted in the Rovers as residents found out about the ongoings with Julie’s body after her death. In front of everyone, Tracy Barlow exclaimed: “Julie decides to take her life early, her eyes are barely closed, and her fella (George) jumps in to embalm the body.”

Noah introduced himself to Theo despite knowing him from conversion therapy (Image: ITV)

Todd then interjected by saying: “Actually, that was me,” as Tracey responded: “Oh that’s it, so you’re splitting the winnings three ways.”

It all became too much for Eileen, who threw prosecco over Tracey. However, eyes were quickly shifted away from the drama when Noah made his grand entrance, causing Theo to have a panic attack as he recalled his conversion therapy. In emotional scenes, Theo was heard telling Todd Noah “prayed” over him in the therapy he was made to attend by his religious parents.

During the episode, the newbie was seen having a chat with Steve McDonald, where he found out that Todd and George tried to embalm Julie before the police could investigate her death. “Is it true they tried to embalm the body after the autopsy?,” Noah asked Steve.

Questions are raised about Todd and George’s behaviour recently

Steve then spilled all, exclaiming: “I’m not one to gossip but I think Eileen did do quite well out of the life insurance so it does look quite dodgy.”

Spoilers for next week reveal someone has gone to the papers about the news – after the chat with Steve and Noah’s confrontation with Todd – could it be him?

In upcoming episodes, Eileen shows George and Jason an article in the Gazette which implicates them in an insurance scam – leaving George concerned. Someone’s behind the article and they’re keen to find out who it was.

Later on Jason suggests to his mother that she moves away with him to Thailand to be his business partner but what will she say?