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Kate Lally

Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien's daughter joining Waterloo Road with uncle Adam Thomas

Waterloo Road is returning to our screens after a six year break.

From its debut in 2006, the nation fell in love with the characters of the BBC school-based drama until the final episode in 2015.

Many stars from the show went on to have successful careers in acting, such as Katie McGlynn who went on to play the iconic Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street.

READ MORE: Emmerdale and Coronation Street actors who will be joining cast of new Waterloo Road

Some of the biggest names from the show have confirmed they will be returning to their much loved roles, but this time somewhat older and wiser.

Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas will return as Donte Charles, and his niece will be joining him on the show.

Scarlett Thomas, 13, is the daughter of his brother, former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas, and his ex - Sarah Platt star Tina O'Brien.

Confirming the news on Instagram, Tina posted a photo of Scarlett with many other members of the cast.

Captioning the post, she said: "Very excited to finally be able to announce that my gorgeous, lovely, talented Scarlett Thomas will be in the new series of @waterlooroad @bbciplayer #proudmum"

Ryan also shared the news on social media, posting a photo of Adam and Scarlett together.

He said: "The secret is finally out!!!

"As a Father & big brother it doesn’t get much better in life to find out that my brother is going back to Waterloo Road, where it all started for him in his career to then find out Scarlett is going to play his daughter in the show."

This will be Scarlett's first TV acting role.

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