Life in the limelight as a politician hasn't been easy for Maria in Coronation Street. Councillor Maria, played by Samia Longchambon, has been targeted over her changes to the Weatherfield refuse collections and it seems that she now has a stalker.
Maria has been hit by a deep-fake video made to humiliate her, in which her face was added to the body of an unknown naked woman. Next week on Coronation Street Maria is nervous about going to a lunch meeting on her own so Kelly offers to accompany her.
Maria is shaken when refuse leader Jimmy approaches her and warns her to keep her nose out of matters she doesn’t understand. But things go from bad to worse when a creepy guy approaches and tells her how much he enjoyed her online video.
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Running out she gets a notification telling her that her phone is being tracked. When Gary calls, a petrified Maria tells him that she thinks she’s being followed. As a terrified Maria scrabbles in her bag looking for the tracking device, she hears footsteps and in a panic, grabs a can of hairspray and turns.
Maria finds the tracking device in her bag and calls the police. Later, as Gary, Kelly and Liam tuck into pizza, Maria draws the blinds, convinced someone might be watching them. And it also seems that Kelly is in danger.
Aadi Alahan us shocked when a wad of cash falls out of Kelly’s bag and she explains that the cash belonged to her late dad and she’s trying to return it to the people he ripped off over the years as a loan shark. Later when Kelly reveals that she’s tracked down another of her dad’s clients and she’s off to pay them back, Aadi says he’ll go with her.
Kelly is grateful to Aadi, agreeing to go on a date at Speed Daal. Meanwhile her guardian Gary Windass is furious to find out what Kelly is up to but Kelly refuses to listen, telling her he is not her dad.
Kelly storms out and calls at a house and introducing herself as Rick Neelan’s daughter, hands Ross an envelope full of cash and explains that she’s trying to make up for her dad’s wrongdoing. But Ross calls a mate and tells him about Kelly’s visit as Aadi waits at Speed Daal and realises he has been stood up.
There's also horror for Ed Bailey as he works on a radiator at Debbie's hotel. He’s suddenly electrocuted and after being propelled backwards, lands unconscious. In a panic, Ronnie orders Paul to call an ambulance.
Debbie realises with horror that she’s no idea when an inspection was last carried out and that previous owner Ray Crosby was notorious for cutting corners. Aggie rails at Debbie for endangering Ed’s life and tells her she’ll be hearing from their solicitor.
Elsewhere Sean is excited at the prospect of his son Dylan coming to stay and tells Eileen how he hopes his new boyfriend Frank and Dylan will hit it off. But Dylan arrives in the café and mistakes George for Sean’s boyfriend.
And things are looking up for Tim and Sally as they frolic in the hot tub. Sally suggests to Tim that he should listen to Sting’s interview about tantric sex as it could be the key to a successful love life.
Tim prepares a romantic meal for Sally and tells her he’s feeling much more positive. He reckons it won’t be long before things are back to normal in the bedroom for the couple.
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