Coronation Street's teenagers will be involved in an "incredibly sad" storyline which will have a big impact on the residents of Weatherfield.
The "huge and hard-hitting" storyline involves Asha, Aadi and Kelly and will be one of the biggest stories that will air next year.
ITV soap boss Iain MacLeod has described it as a "serious social responsibility-type" storyline that would end up involving characters such as Roy and Abi.
The executive producer added that the storyline would be "really important" for the soap - reports Mirror Online.
Iain said: "We've got a huge story next year, for which we're laying the groundwork for this year, which involves some of the younger characters such as your Asha and your Nina and your Adi and Kelly - some may remember Kelly who is loan shark Rick Neelan's daughter.
"They're going to be stuck in a story that is incredibly hard-hitting and will have massive ramifications for Roy and for Abi.
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"So yeah, essentially it will be one of the biggest things we'll do next year by some margin.
"It will be one of our quite serious social responsibility-type stories. It will start with the teens and then end up hoovering in Abi and Roy and countless other people as well.
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"It would be weird to say that I'm excited about it because it's incredibly sad and tragic, in some respects, but it will be a really important story for us next year."
*Coronation Street airs on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 7:30pm and 8:30pm
