For the latest Coronation Street news and spoilers - sign up here Soap newcomer Mollie Gallagher feels a great sense of responsibility as she portrays the tragic story of Sophie Lancaster in a powerful new Coronation Street storyline.
Mollie's much-loved character Nina Lucas is brutally attacked by a gang of teenage yobs including Corey Brent and Kelly Neelan in tonight's Corrie because of how she looks.
Nina and her boyfriend Seb Franklin, played by Harry Visinoni, are set upon by the thugs as the young couple go for a walk along the canal.
The soap is working with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, launched in memory of goth Sophie who was murdered in a park, on the harrowing storyline to explore social intolerance and prejudice.
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