I loved the new £7.50 Coronation Street Experience - but soap fans deserve better than what I found at the Corrie café

Do you prefer pea wet or gravy with your chippy tea? That is what new ‘ballot bins’ are asking Wiganers in a bid to stop cigarette ends being dropped on the floor.

The Crown has been the most-streamed show in the UK over the past week, but the final season’s ratings have lost a little shine when compared with last year.

Former Coronation Street star Paula Lane is making a return to soapland with a new role in Emmerdale, seven years after she tragically exited the cobbles. The actress is probably best known for playing Kylie Platt in the Salford-based ITV soap.

Coronation Street fans have said they want a trio back on screens after Suranne Jones revealed their reunion. The talented actress was reunited with two of her former ITV soap co-stars.

Coronation Street star Colson Smith was left telling fans 'by the way' as he gave fans a glimpse into a big cast night out - but there were some faces missing in a 'divide'. The Craig Tinker actor took to social media with a snap of himself alongside a number of his co-stars.

It's been 25-years since one of the most controversial TV soap plots of all time caused outrage on a national level. Now considered one of the greatest storylines ever, it sparked a national campaign and even saw Prime Minister Tony Blair step in.

There's a new type of camera being rolled out on Greater Manchester's roads - and it can help police spot more dangerous driving than before. Motorists are used to traditional speed cameras which flash if a vehicle is driven past them above the limit.

Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has bagged herself a fresh role away from the cobbles after surprising fans with an unrecognisable appearance. The actress joined the ITV soap last year as Glenda Shuttleworth, the sister of undertaker George.

Coronation Street actress Joan Savage has sadly died aged 89.The star briefly played dancer Celeste Pickersgill in the hit ITV soap, with her character being partnered with Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) in a competition at the Tower Ballroom. Despite her time on the cobbles, Joan was best known for her roles in The Arthur Haynes Show between 1956 and 1962 and in hit British sitcom Dad's Army. Joan's impressive career in TV and stage spanned six decades.

Coronation Street's Bernie Winter, played by actress Jane Hazlegrove, has become a fan favourite since her arrival in Weatherfield four years ago. Initially described as an "old raver who still sees herself as a free spirit", she's shown her strength as the straight-talking mum of Gemma Winter and Paul Foreman.The soap star has been at the heart of some huge storylines since joining the hit ITV soap in 2019. Earlier this year viewers saw a softer side to Bernie after learning that her son Paul (Peter Ash) was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, a life-limiting disease.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In the most shockingly funny moment of Alexander Payne’s “Sideways,” Miles Raymond, the desperate English teacher and wine aficionado (that is, alcoholic with good taste) played by Paul Giamatti, has just learned that his book was turned down by the publisher he had his hopes pinned on. It’s more than a rejection; it’s the death of his dream. Miles is in the middle a chi-chi Napa Valley wine tasting, and suddenly he’s in dire need of a drink.

Coronation Street alumni Charlie De Melo has landed a huge role in an iconic BBC show after leaving the ITV soap. The 34 year old actor played Imran Habeeb on the Cobbles from 2017 until 2022 - when his character was killed off in a dramatic car crash storyline.

Former Coronation Street star Charlie De Melo has said its been 'torture' as he was finally able to speak out on his next TV role. Fans of the ITV soap will remember the actor for playing Imran Habeeb in the ITV soap from 2017 until his exit last year (2022).

Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver has been sent holiday wishes as she ditched the UK with another famous face. The actress, famed for playing Eileen Grimshaw in the ITV soap, has swapped the cobbles of Weatherfield - and the drizzly autumn weather for Spain this week.

King Charles III delivered his first King's Speech since becoming the monarch following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The King’s Speech, written by the government and read out at the State Opening of Parliament, outlined 20 bills that reveal the plans for the year ahead.

Coronation Street duo Jake and Oscar Parry are still working in TV, two decades since their roles as the baby version of Simon Barlow.The twin brothers portrayed Peter Barlow's newborn child from July 2003 to November that same year, although for a couple of episodes broadcast in the September, tiny Simon was played by Daniel Whelan. Skip 20 years, though, and the Parrys now appear in one of the amusingly dramatic Dominos adverts where loved ones are torn apart by their desperation for pizza.

Gareth Gates shot to fame after finishing runner-up on the first series of Pop Idol in 2002, going on to sell 3.5 million records in the UK. The 39-year-old is now starring in the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.The show sees 16 stars undertake mentally and physically gruelling challenges in the jungle in Thung Ui, North Vietnam. With Gareth thrust into the limelight once again on the hit show, let's take a look inside his love life, from his new girlfriend Allana Taylor to a teenage fling with former glamour model Katie Price.

Three ‘key players’ of a Rochdale-based crime gang have been jailed after detectives uncovered a £20,000 cannabis farm. Mohammed Qabir and Darren Newey travelled to Accrington in Lancashire to set up and run the cannabis factory.

Queen’s Freddie Mercury thought ‘Somebody To Love’ was “better” than ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, according to a roadie who once worked with the band.Speaking to Greatest Hits Radio after ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was named ‘greatest song of all time’ by over 6500 listeners, former roadie and author of Queen Uncovered Peter Hince remembers the band coming up with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and Mercury’s thoughts on the track.Speaking to Greatest Hits Radio he explained: “The band were recording [album] ‘Night At The Opera’ and we were going around all these different studios in London and doing bits in each place so I was hearing bits and pieces of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but I didn’t hear the whole thing for quite some time. I remember hearing the opera bit and thinking it’s going to be an introduction tape for the live show – I had no idea it was a song!”He continued: “The video is arguably what helped it become so huge in Britain…and the other thing is that, sadly, Freddie isn’t around anymore and it’s one of his legacies that piece of music so is still something people find very emotional.“Also, nothing really had been done like it before and probably nothing since – with all the technology now it is easier to get certain studio effects whereas with Queen it was all about spending enormous amounts of time and being incredibly innovative.

Coronation Street star Todd Boyce has been told 'I wouldn't have recognised you' after showing off a surprise new look weeks after his shock soap exit. The actor recently left the cobbles as businessman-turned-serial killer Stephen Reid.