Christmas may have been a slightly more relaxed time in Weatherfield by a soap's standards but the New Year is set to get off to a dramatic start in Coronation Street. Nina Lucas' life is left hanging in the balance when a bat group meeting goes drastically wrong.
On New Year's Eve, Roy joins Evelyn and Brian and reveals that for the last two years he’s been secretly studying for his VBRV, Volunteer Bat Roost Visitor qualification. Then at the start of 2023, Roy arranges to meet Nina, Brian and Asha at the bat group meeting in the woods after dropping Evelyn at a friend’s house along the way. But when Brian and Nina get a message saying the meeting has been cancelled, they realise they have no way of getting in touch with Roy.
Roy arrives at the woods but drops his thermos in the river. Arriving at the woods to look for Roy, Nina Asha and Brian spot his car and head off towards the Rover to look for him but Nina is shocked when she spots Roy’s thermos in the water. Nina makes her way down the bank but horror strikes when she slips, bangs her head and rolls into the river.
