All Coronation Street spoilers for next week as sudden death throws iconic TV couple into chaos

A grisly murder, a broken heart and a devious scheme are all on the menu in next week’s Coronation Street.

What started off as a drunken lads night turns into something much more gruesome for Tim and Sally Metcalfe (Joe Duttine and Sally Dynevor), when his recently rediscovered cousin, Richie (Nathan Sussex) is arrested for the murder of his wife. With his daughter, Lucy (Anya Dewin), in need of a foster placement, Tim takes her in, but have the Metcalfes bitten off way more than they can chew?

Idris Nazir (Junade Khan) wants Alya Nazir’s (Sair Khan) share in Speed Daal, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it. As she falls deeper under to pressure to juggle her commitment to the restaurant against her legal career, Idris sees off the competition, but will Alya give him what he wants?

When Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) breaks Kit Green’s (Jacob Roberts) heart for what she believes is his own good, they both find themselves in a bad way. While Kit struggles to hold the remnants of Sarah’s life on the outside together, Sarah finds an ally inside, but can she hold it together?

Elsewhere, Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) struggles with Debbie Webster’s (Sue Devaney) previous announcement, Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) sets her sights on a new target, and Fiz Dobbs’ (Jennie McAlpine) suspicions grow.

With a slightly jumbled schedule due to yet more football, we’ve got your guide to what happens – and when – next week in Weatherfield. Shall we tuck in?

Sunday, August 9

With Alya distracted, she burns Ollie Driscoll (Raphael Akuwudike) by turning down his menu ideas, and pushes a struggling Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) into working on the floor rather than the kitchen, leaving him wounded by Ronnie’s sharp tongue. As Idris swoops in to help Dylan, he reminds Alya that the offer to buy the restaurant still stands.

Richie’s in the dog house with his wife, Rachel, after his boozy night with Tim and heads home to face her wrath, while Sally comes home and buys Tim’s story about a low-key night of board games with the lads. When Richie returns, clutching a hold all and having been thrown out, Tim is forced to come clean and Sally begrudgingly agrees to let him crash there

Elsewhere, Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) is struck when she visits Sarah and sees her bruised face and Ronnie laments his difficulties with Debbie to Ed, Michael and James (Trevor Michael Georges, Ryan Russell and Jason Callender).

Monday, August 10

With Sally wanting him gone, Richie tells Tim he’ll head to Liverpool to stay with a friend, but Tim urges him to fix things with Rachel. Finding Richie’s wallet on the couch, Tim returns it, but finds Richie in a blood-splattered shirt with a grisly scene inside his house.

Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) is irked when Alya misses an important deadline and spells it out for her: she needs to choose between the Speed Daal and their legal business. Knowing that he’s right, Alya heads to the restaurant and tells Leanne that she’s selling her piece of the business.

Meanwhile. Sarah tells Kit that while she loves him, their relationship has to be over for the sake of his career.

Tuesday, August 11

Tim and Sally are haunted by what’s happened, before Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) visits and tells them that Richie has been charged with the murder of his wife and that their daughter, Lucy has been taken into car, while Richie is claiming he acted in self-defence.

Alya shows Gavin, a potential buyer, around the restaurant, while Idris eyes them, darkly. With Gavin impressed and things looking positive, Idris follows him out to his car.

As Kit throws back vodka in the mire of his dumping by Sarah, Jodie approaches him and tenderly offers to buy him a pizza, while in the prison, Sarah explains to David why she broke up with Kit.

Thursday, August 13

Kit agrees to stay at the flat for Harry Platt’s (Joshua Leavy) sake, while Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger) takes him to Little Big Shotz so Bethany can go on a date. When Kit tells Harry that he’s signed him up for the whole of next week, Harry’s furious.

When Tim and Sally learn that Lucy’s foster placement has collapsed, Tim takes the lead and arranges for her to move in. As social worker, Ruth (Amy Drake), explains that Lucy is suffering from grief and trauma, Sally heads upstairs to find Lucy has done a runner. They locate her at the bus stop and try to convince her to come home.

Also, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) warn Leanne that Idris is bad news and tell her they know he threatened Gavin, while Hope Dobbs (Isabella Flanagan) finds something in Ross’ wallet that worries Fiz.

Friday, August 14

Sarah is lifted by the presence of her new friend, Kacey (Emma Matthews), but is shocked when she lets slip that the whole wing know that her ex-boyfriend is a police officer. Later, Kacey promises to protect Sarah after she’s threatened by another inmate, and when Bethany visits her mum, unnerved by Kacey’s staring, Sarah explains that she’s become a real lifeline.

Lucy awakens after a terrifying nightmare, and later, Tim and Sally have a vicious clash over where the guilt of the situation truly lies. Later, Lucy gets into a confrontation with Lily Platt (Grace Ashcroft-Gardener) and, eventually, Jodie, that quickly turns nasty.

Elsewhere, Idris offers to cover Alya’s lunch shift at Speed Daal and later offers her £35,000 for her share.