Alina (Ruxandra Porojnicu)

[lizann]

Coronation Street viewers haven't actually seen the last of Alina yet, as she is set to appear in Thursday's special hour-long episode.

Though Alina revealed she'd got pregnant weeks after her tragic miscarriage, she has decided to leave Weatherfield because Tyrone has admitted he wants to get back with ex-partner Fiz.

[tammyy2j]

I do not understand why she was brought back after her storyline ended, ruined both her and Tyrone

[Perdita]

I do not understand why she was brought back after her storyline ended, ruined both her and Tyrone

So she can come back with a sprog in tow when the scriptwriters cannot think of anything better

[Katy]

I thought that! Give it 20 years and the baby will the new Emma! Popping up to surprise daddy!

[lizann]

the actress back on set

[Perdita]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/03/baby-...-20959625/amp/

Coronation Street is lining up a return for Tyrone Dobbs?s (Alan Halsall) ex-girlfriend Alina Pop (Ruxandra Porojnicu) in the coming weeks.

And when she does land on the doorstep of Tyrone and Fiz, it?s likely that she?ll also have their toddler in tow!

If we cast our minds back to 2019, Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) found Alina had been trafficked into the UK to work at a nail salon, with her ?boss? confiscating her passport to prevent her returning home.

After setting up home in Coronation Street, it wasn?t long before she drove a wedge between Tyrone and his long-term partner Fiz (Jennie McAlpine).

Their nine year relationship came to an end, and they both moved into the salon flat together. Tyrone?s pyromaniac daughter Hope (Isabella Flanagan) wasn?t best pleased by their union, and lit a fire in the flat which caused Alina to miscarry a baby.

A few weeks later, she announced she was expecting again, but was upset when she learnt that he?d lied about Hope?s behaviour and decided to jet off to Romania.

Tyrone quickly found her at the Chariot Square Hotel, but she told him that she?d got her dates wrong and was never pregnant in the first place.

However, at the airport departures lounge, she ordered a tomato juice and cradled her stomach, indicating that she was pregnant after all.

Ever since, it?s always been in the back of fans? minds as to whether she and baby could return, and a recent tweet seems to have confirmed this.

Last week, superfan Shaun tweeted a photo of him and actress Ruxandra outside of the soap?s production site in Trafford, Greater Manchester.

He captioned the snap: ?@RuxPorojnicu Thankyou SO much Ruxandra for the photo and autograph today, it?s always lovely to meet you.?

What problems this will cause at No. 9, hope of the Dobbs family, remains to be seen ? but they?re already bursting at the seams since Fiz?s return from working for Underworld in Norwich.

Alongside Hope and Ruby (Billie Naylor), the couple are also living with Tyrone?s mum Cassie (Claire Sweeney), and his grandmother Evelyn (Maureen Lipman).

When approached by Metro.co.uk, a spokesperson for Coronation Street declined to comment.

[Perdita]

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/cor...update-return/

Coronation Street will give fans an update on Alina Pop next week ahead of actor Ruxandra Porojnicu's return to the ITV soap.

Alina first appeared on the Cobbles in 2019 as part of a hard-hitting human trafficking storyline. She left following a short-lived relationship with Tyrone Dobbs and a tragic fire caused by Tyrone's daughter Hope.

In scenes set to air next week, Rita Tanner and Debbie Webster will tell Fiz that the leader of a Romanian human trafficking group is going on trial and Alina might be called up as a witness to talk about her own experiences.

A few days later, Fiz tells Tyrone she's found a really good deal on a holiday ? but his response is frosty at best. Why is Tyrone less than enthusiastic, and will Fiz start to worry about the state of their relationship again?

Whatever's going on, Alina's return is likely to cause a whole lot of drama... especially if she arrives with a baby in tow (the last time we saw her, it was implied she was pregnant after telling Tyrone she wasn't).

The Sun reported that Porojnicu has already returned to the set and started filming scenes, so it looks like it won't be long before we see Alina on our screens again.

Meanwhile, this Friday (July 26) will feature a special episode for Billy and Paul. Actors Daniel Brocklebank and Peter Ash recently spoke about the "pressure" of the episode and the heart-wrenching storyline.