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Jessica Sansome

ITV Coronation Street's Toyah Battersby star looks stunning as she seen in wedding dress for the first time

Coronation Street's Georgia Taylor looked stunning as she was pictured donning a wedding dress for her upcoming scenes. The actress' ITV soap character Toyah Battersby is preparing to say 'I Do' to Imran Habeeb.

The wedding looked set to be called off earlier this month when Toyah finally found out that her fiancé was the father of Abi Franklin's surprise baby. The councillor, who has longed to be a mum, knew Imran had cheated on her but chose to forgive him as they planned to adopt.

However, in scenes aired earlier this month, Toyah discovered the truth about Imran's one-night stand and revealed at her and Imran's adoption hearing that her partner been cheating on her and had a secret baby with their drug addict neighbour Abi. This quickly turned into Toyah kicking Imran out of their home and Toyah having to say a heartbreaking goodbye to foster daughter Elsie after she wasn't allowed to adopt the little girl on her own.

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But in a twist, Imran soon came crawling back to ask Toyah if she would consider getting back together and raising his son Alfie as a family. Despite giving a firm 'no' at first, Imran shared his concerns that Abi might be back on drugs and told her that he intends to fight for custody of Alfie and wanted them to raise him together. Toyah eventually agreed that she'd help him.

However, Corrie fans were quickly sensing there would be a plot twist, believing Toyah has an ulterior motive and were wondering if she wants to adopt Alfie by herself or turn on Imran in a bid to help Abi get her life back on track despite her betrayal.

The actress looked stunning in a white wedding dress (MCPIX/ZENPIX)

Despite the on-going theories, on-screen Toyah is pressing ahead with her wedding plans and this week viewers of the Salford-based soap will see Toyah's sister Leanne Battersby voice her concerns to her sister about her marrying cheat Imran Habeeb and the fact that it’s all happening far too quickly.

Deeply hurt by her sister's comments, Toyah tells Leanne that if she can’t rely on her full support, she doesn’t want her at the wedding. But at Toyah's hen do, her sister tells her that she has her blessing if she is sure she wants to marry Imran and she'll be by her side. The sisters hug each other and are soon burying their concerns.

Georgia was filming as bride Toyah in Manchester (MCPIX/ZENPIX)

But will the wedding go ahead without a hitch? The answer is no if these new filming pictures are anything to go by. Georgia has been snapped filming scenes in Manchester alongside Sally Carman, who plays Abi.

And it appears Toyah is kidnapped by Abi on her way to marry Imran as their battle over baby Alfie takes a wrong turn. The pictures show that the wedding car, a Street Cars taxi complete with black ribbon, turns out to be driven by Abi who wants to prevent the wedding and scupper the couple's chances of adopting her surprise baby son.

Georgia and Sally between takes as the soap film on-location (MCPIX/ZENPIX)

But aside from the drama Georgia, who made her Corrie debut at 17-years-old back in 1997, looked stunning while filming as bride Toyah in a flowing, beaded white wedding dress. Her blonde locks had also been styled into loose curls for a half-up, half-down look.

The soap star was seen getting in and out of the silver car, holding a pink and white flower bouquet as well as keeping warm between takes in her big red ITV puffa jacket and a pair of black ugg boots.

Georgia and Sally were able to enjoy a chat and a laugh between takes, with Sally seen dressed as Abi in a pair of skinny grey jeans and blue coat before the actress donned her own black glasses.

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