Coronation Street's strange new plot sees Mary Taylor develop crush on GMB presenter Ben Shephard

Soaps have had to adapt over the past few months amid the coronavirus pandemi to keep on top of social distancing rules, and one such example of where this was slightly trickier was during Maria Connor and Gary Windass’ wedding.The Coronation Street characters wed, even though Gary is still very much in love with ex Sarah Platt, and their ceremony consisted of only a handful of guests in adhering to government rules.

Coronation Street came under fire from eagle-eyed fans lately, as they picked up on Sarah Platt, played by Tina O’Brien, taking off her protective face mask when entering a hospital room. And it appears another face mask blunder has struck the show, with fans of the hit ITV soap swiftly picking up on the faux-pas on social media.

Ben Shephard's sons certainly know how to have fun in the sun! The Good Morning Britain star took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a brilliant video showing Sam, 13, and Jack, 15, mud sliding with their friends in a marsh.MORE: Tipping Point and GMB host Ben Shephard's family home revealed In the caption, Ben wrote: "As the great lyric goes 'Mud mud glorious mud nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!' While we've been sweating in the studio filming here's my boys with their great mates

Coronation Street fans pointed out what they believed to be a very noticeable blunder recently, in an episode featuring character Sarah Platt, played by Tina O’Brien. Eagle-eyed viewers watched as Sarah went to hospital to visit Gary Windass and she was seen wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus.

Ben Shephard is leaving Good Morning Britain to concentrate on Tipping Point, which is set to begin filming for the first time since lockdown. On Wednesday’s GMB, Kate Garraway confirmed that it was her co-host Ben Shephard’s last day on the breakfast show.

Coronation Street actor Jack P Shepherd was in a very cheeky mood when he took and then posted a picture of his girlfriend's pert derriere.The 32-year-old, who plays David Platt in the ITV soap, shared the image of Hanni Treweek holding her teacup chihuahua called Lady and carrying a black Chanel handbag on his Instagram Stories.The couple have been dating for nearly a couple of years and are happily living together in Manchester.

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Ben Shephard had a shock when he hit the golf course this week.