Coronation Street's Les and Janice Battersby emotionally reunite on Loose Women

Victoria Ekanoye has opened up on how she has been battling sickle cell anaemia for almost 20 years.The 37 year old was diagnosed with the condition in her early 20s but hid the painful effects of the disorders from her mother. According to the NHS, sickle cell anaemia is the most serious type of sickle cell disease, which is the name for a group of inherited health conditions that affect the red blood cells.

To mark World Mental Health Day, actress Samia Longchambon has shared details about a panic attack she had while on her way to film Celebrity Juice last year.The Coronation Street star, who celebrated son Yves' fifth birthday last month, took to Instagram to reveal all about her mental health struggles. Sharing a picture of herself on the set of Celebrity Juice, the 38-year-old mum-of-two began: "As it's #worldmentalhealthday I thought I would share something.

Coronation Street has begun a 60-day countdown to its 60th anniversary.

If it feels like Shobna Gulati has been less visible on TV lately, despite a recent stint in Doctor Who, it’s because she’s been busy with theatre work for three years.The former Coronation Street favourite also nursed her mother Asha through dementia from 2016 to last November, when she died aged 79. Now, Shobna’s written a deeply personal memoir about her life and her mother’s illness.

Brooke Vincent held a mini-Coronation Street reunion on Tuesday with Sam Aston and Hayley Tamaddon as the trio's babies met for the first time.The 28 year old met up with her co-stars for a spot of lunch as they no doubt cooed over each other's children from the inside of a restaurant in Greater Manchester. Sophie Webster actress Brooke looked gorgeous in a camel coat and a pair of wet-look leggings as she exited La Famiglia with her baby son, Mexx.

Joe Duttine has starred as Tim Metcalfe in Coronation Street since joining the soap in 2013.The actor, who hails from West Yorkshire, has racked up some serious television roles in his career since starting out in 1992 with his role on the cobbles his longest after TV series Pie in the Sky back in the nineties.

It's not uncommon for soap characters to be replaced by different actors, but to make the new Todd Grimshaw on Coronation Street fit in seamlessly bosses wiped all trace of former star Bruno Langley from the set.The character, who has been replaced by actor Gareth Pierce, disappeared from the cobbles in 2017 when Todd fled Weatherfield on the run.

Carla Connor first arrived to live on the cobbles in 2006. Since then her life has been marred with some very hard-hitting storylines, including a struggle with alcoholism, a mental breakdown and of course a horrible sexual assault.

Loose Women viewers were left in tears as iconic Coronation Street characters Janice and Les Battersby tearfully reunited on the show on Monday. Vicky Entwistle and Bruce Jones are best known for being one of Coronation Street’s most iconic and explosive couples, Janice and Les Battersby.

Stacey Solomon emotionally reunited with her grandmother on Saturday, but shared her sadness that she was still not able to give her a hug.The Loose Women star travelled down to the countryside with her youngest son Rex and partner, former EastEnders actor Joe Swash, to meet the family member. She then shared footage of her grandma and the little boy sat side by side, in the back garden of the restaurant which backed on to a river with stunning views.

Rob Mallard became the third actor to play the role of Daniel Osbourne in Coronation Street when he joined the soap in 2016. He has since endured heartbreak onscreen as Ken Barlow's son, when he lost his wife Sinead Tinker, played by Katie McGlynn, when she died from cancer and has been raising their child alone.