coronation street star paula lane has returned to filming today (march 25).
The actress, who plays kylie platt on the itv soap, has been on maternity leave since november.
Lane revealed her return on twitter this morning, confirming that kylie will soon be back on the cobbles.
Show bosses also released the first picture showing lane back at the soap's studios in trafford.
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lane and her husband tom shaw welcomed the arrival of a baby boy on new year's eve.
Kylie's coronation street exit scenes aired on christmas day, as her husband david (jack p shepherd) kicked her out of the platt house after learning that her ex-boyfriend callum logan (sean ward) had become her drug dealer.
David later regretted his rash actions, but he was unable to get back into contact with kylie as she fell completely off the radar.
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kylie and david wonder what's going on with michael and eileen
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when kylie does return to weatherfield, she will be shocked to discover that david and callum have become locked in a bitter custody dispute over her son max. Another surprise will be that callum is dating david's sister sarah (tina o'brien).
Coronation street's producer stuart blackburn said in january: "[kylie is] going to come back right in the middle of the custody battle and she'll come back realising that because of her using drugs, because of her disappearing act, she might be losing max forever.
"so there's big stuff for her. She's going to have to get her act together, she really is."