It’s a time of big change for Coronation Street’s Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) next week when she makes a huge decision about her future.

The character made a welcome comeback to the cobbles at the end of last year as actress Sair Khan returned from maternity leave.

To accommodate her prior exit, soap bosses had Alya leave to pursue a job opportunity in Dublin.

Upon her return to Weatherfield, Alya revealed she was still working with the same firm, but had switched lanes to shadowing a criminal law specialist.

Fans also saw her controversially brought in as one of Matty Radcliffe’s (Séamus McGoff) legal team.

Next week, however, Alya’s firm Fabian’s try to force her to take on a coercive control case.

It is especially close to home for Alya, whose grandmother Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) endured months of abuse at the hands of her twisted husband Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) prior to his death in 2020.

Not wanting to take on the case, Alya quits her job, but she’s stunned when the company turn around and bill her for her training.

She then reaches out to her former boss and now-boyfriend Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) to ask for her old job back – what will he say?

Alya later gets a huge shock when Yasmeen tells her she’s been offered a job working for a charity in London and wants to sell her share in Speed Daal. This is the first hint at the events leading to Yasmeen’s forthcoming exit from Coronation Street.

Actress Shelley King was revealed to be leaving the ITV soap last month after 10 years on the cobbles.

With Shelley having already filmed her final scenes in December, will Yasmeen get the happy ending she deserves?