For the latest Coronation Street news and spoilers - sign up here There's a new romance blossoming on Coronation Street for soap stalwart Dev Alahan with Bernie Winter.
And Corrie actress Jane Hazlegrove says she was "thrilled" to discover the new direction for shop worker Bernie with the boss Dev, played by Jimmi Harkishin.
Jane, 52, has played Bernie, mum to the street's gobbie Gemma Winter, since 2019. She says at first the talk of romance with Weatherfield lothario Dev is "a bit of a joke" in scenes to air next week on the ITV soap.
Dev's son Aadi teases him for not having much of a love life, and Bernie wades in to say they're off for a date at the Bistro.
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