Coronation Street dogs past and present - the four-legged stars of the cobbles

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed she’d love to land a role in ITV soap Coronation Street. Speaking during a recent episode of the popular afternoon ITV quiz show, Anne, also known as The Governess, confessed she’d be more than up for walking down the iconic cobbles, saying: “please cast me.” Anne made the admission during a chat with The Chase host Bradley Walsh when a former Corrie actress’ name was one of the possible answers to the question she was tackling.

Alexandra Mardell recently celebrated her birthday and took to social media to update fans with snaps of the romantic trip away.The Coronation Street actress turned 28, and celebrated the milestone with her fiancé Joe Parker at the Rossendale Holiday Cottages outside Burnley.The ITV star shared several clips inside their idyllic cottage which featured pink and orange balloons tied to the staircase as well as birthday bunting draped across the bedroom's railings.The fancy getaway cottage also had

Coronation Street fans were left rejoicing on Wednesday's episode after Todd Grimshaw was finally exposed on the cobbles and later arrested for suspicion of theft. Only recently, Will secretly filmed Todd (Gareth Pierce) unknowingly confessing to splitting up Billy and Paul, as well as "nicking" the heat pump which resulted in Paul being wrongly arrested.

Next week's Coronation Street will take a dramatic turn after pregnant Alina Pop (Ruxandra Porojnicu) is rushed to hospital after the salon flat is set on fire deliberately. Unsettled by Alina's pregnancy, Hope, who has been left upset over Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) splitting from her mother Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine), goes back to her old trouble-making ways.

Coronation Street bosses are reportedly hoping that Jack Grealish will make a cameo in the Rovers Return Inn as he is a "huge fan" of the hit ITV soap.The footballer, 25, is said to "keep up to date with the plots and what's happening to the characters" as well as following several of the cast on social media. Jack has reportedly been a Corrie fan since childhood and that he still tries to catch "every episode" of the action in Weatherfield.

Coronation Street fans were left fearing for Emma Brooker and Curtis Delamere on Friday's episode after she recently declared her love for him following the discovery of his "life-threatening" heart condition. During the episode, Emma found herself worried about Curtis' health, who could "drop dead" at any second, after he got stressed over their charity calendar.

Coronation Street fans were left fuming on Friday's episode after Tyrone Dobbs took a drunken swing and hurled insults at his ex Fiz Stape's new love interest Phill Whittaker. Soap watchers were heartbroken when Fiz and Tyrone broke up earlier this year, with the mechanic going on to start a relationship with new girlfriend Alina Pop, who recently dropped the bombshell news that she’s pregnant.

Coronation Street has signed Hollyoaks star Daniel Jillings as part of a new police racism storyline on the ITV soap. Daniel, 38, will be playing the role of racist police officer PC Brody, who wrongly arrests James Bailey (Nathan Graham) and causes the footballer to trip and injure his leg next week.

Fans of Casualty went wild as former co-stars Amanda Mealing and Jane Hazlegrove reunited on the set of Coronation Street.The actresses, who played Connie Beacham and Kathleen ‘Dixie’ Dixon in the long-running BBC medical drama, shared a selfie from the Corrie cobbles as they joined forces once more - but this time to work on the ITV soap.

Former Coronation Street star Faye Brookes has been accused of animal cruelty for allegedly leaving her two dogs on her balcony "all day and night" during the heatwave.The 33 year old is the owner of two Pomeranians named Bao and Bear with her boyfriend Joe Davies, however, her neighbours were reportedly left concerned after spotting them on her balcony for hours on end.

Coronation Street fans were left in tears on Wednesday's episode after Emma Brooker declared her love for Curtis Delamere after discovering his "life-threatening" heart condition. Earlier this week, Curtis (Sam Retford) was forced to tell Emma's dad Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) that he could "drop dead" at any second after he accused him of cheating on his daughter (Alexandra Mardell).

Coronation Street star Andy Whyment has reportedly signed a six-figure deal to remain on the hit ITV soap as Kirk Sutherland for another 12 months.The actor, 40, is said to have told executives that he would "sign for life" if they would let him as he "never wants to go anywhere else". It comes after Andy celebrated 20 years on the cobbles in October saying that it had been an "absolute honour".

Earlier this year, actress Beverley Callard and her husband Jon McEwan were excitedly telling OK! about their hopes of renewing their wedding vows after celebrating 10 years of marriage in 2020. Well, fast forward a few months and the couple’s dream is set to become a reality.The pair are planning to go ahead with a ceremony in Mojácar, Spain at a friend’s villa, before throwing a party at the beach bar where Jon, 56, first proposed.

Coronation Street fans went wild on Monday night after they recognised newcomer Danielle, who is played by Lucy Dixon, after she she was spotted with Curtis Delamere by Steve McDonald. During the episode, Curtis (Sam Retford) was forced to tell Steve (Simon Gregson) about his "life-threatening" heart condition, which could see him "drop dead" at any second, after he was accused of cheating on Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell) with Danielle.

Max George has revealed he has been in talks with Coronation Street about a role - but won't be joining soapland any time soon.The singer rose to fame with The Wanted, but is now looking at a career in acting and said that he was setting his sights high with Hollywood rather than on soaps closer to home.

Curtis Delamere revealed that he has a "life-threatening" heart condition on Monday's Coronation Street which could see him "drop dead" at any second.The character, played by Sam Retford, was forced to tell Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) after he accused him of cheating on his daughter Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell).The ITV soap has previously teased that Curtis has been hiding something from Emma and things took a dramatic turn on Monday when he started to behave suspiciously.

Coronation Street viewers were heartbroken when Fiz and Tyrone broke up earlier this year, with the mechanic going on to start a relationship with new girlfriend Alina. But now Alan Halsall, who plays Tyrone Dobbs, has teased a reunion between the ITV soap’s previously much-loved couple, admitting he’d “love” to see them back together in the future.

Coronation Street fans were left "heartbroken" on Monday's episode after Alya Nazir and Ryan Connor split after he ended up in Daisy Midgeley’s bed.The emotional scenes came about after Ryan, played by Ryan Prescott, enjoyed a drunken night out with Daisy, played by Charlotte Jordan.Things took a dramatic turn when a hungover Ryan woke up in Daisy’s bed the next morning unable to recall the night before and begged her to stay quiet, saying: "If I had been unfaithful to her, I would have