Duggie Brown dead: Coronation Street star and comedian passes away aged 82

Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor looked gorgeous as she took to Instagram with a snap of herself and her lookalike daughter donning the same jacket. The actress, who is best known for playing cobbles icon Sally Metcalfe in the ITV soap, was pleased with her later purchase - and as was daughter Hattie.

Coronation Street's Hayley Tamaddon was in hospital over the weekend, and she took to her Instagram stories to share a picture of herself on an IV drip. The 45 year old actress, who played Amanda Beckett on Corrie, wrote: "So.... Not the greatest of weekends...".

Alexandra Burke's character Emma Brooker said an emotional goodbye to the Coronation Street cobbles back in April. The bubbly character waved goodbye to her loved ones in the soap to start a new life in Australia with her boyfriend, but not without serious complications.

Following her exit from Coronation Street, Alexandra Mardell has landed a new and exciting TV role in the comedy world.The actress, 29, who used to play Emma Brooker in the hit soap opera, will feature in ITV’s The Family Pile, a brand-new comedy set to air next year. Alexandra will star alongside a host of actors including Amanda Abbington in the series which follows four sisters who have lost their parents and are packing up the family home to sell – a huge moment which will be explored mainly from the comedic side.

Coronation Street's Colson Smith called out the soap for posting an unflattering snap of him on their social media page.The actor, 23, who plays Craig Tinker was notably upset after the show recently shared a picture of him to promote a storyline alongside his onscreen girlfriend Faye Windass with the caption: "Will Faye come clean about her near kiss with Michael?!" Not impress with what he saw, Colson took the comment section hit back at the show, he wrote: "Nice angle of me this :/". But many fans were quick to reassure Colson as one said: "You look great!" "It's relatable, makes you genuine and real and normal, it's actually wonderful as it shows compassion and care," another insisted while a third wrote: "you look great!".

She is known to most of us as Corrie legend Liz McDonald. But away from the leopard print and beer taps, actress Beverley Callard is actually a fitness fanatic who used to teach aerobics classes in between filming scenes on the famous Coronation Street cobbles.

Coronation Street star and comedian Duggie Brown has died at the age of 82.The national treasure was seen on the soap playing the role of Ted Spear at the beginning of the year. His character Ted was involved in a car collision after Faye Windass (played by Ellie Leach) hit him with her car while after leaving a New Year's Eve party. At first, it appeared that Ted was in a stable condition after the crash as he was able to make it back to his flat, but later was found Ted dead in his armchair by Faye and Emma (Alexandra Marsdell).

Glam Corrie star Ellie Leach wowed as she shared a collection of photos from a day out at the races. Ellie, who plays Faye Windass in the ITV soap, looked a world away from the cobbles in a sunshine yellow double breasted blazer and matching wide-legged trousers by Forever Unique.

After the sad news that Grease actress Olivia Newton-John passed away, famous faces around the world have paid their tributes.

Secrets of the past as set to be unlocked in Coronation Street next week as Zeedan Nazir (Qasim Akhtar) fights for Stu Carpenter (Bill Fellows). Refusing to believe that Stu could be a murderer, Zeedan gets Adam Barlow (Samuel Robertson) to request Stu’s old case files to see if his version of the story checks out. Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) is shocked, still reeling from the revelations about Stu’s past.