Johnny Briggs death: Coronation Street star who played Mike Baldwin dies aged 85

Kirk Sutherland first appeared on Coronation Street's cobbles in May 2000, and the character has been played by actor Andy Whyment, 39, ever since. Kirk is the older brother of Maria, played by Samia Longchambon, and in real life the actor who plays him is happily settled down with wife, Nichola, and their two children.

Kirk Sutherland first appeared on Coronation Street's cobbles in May 2000, and the character has been played by actor Andy Whyment, 39, ever since. Kirk is the older brother of Maria, played by Samia Longchambon, and in real life the actor who plays him is happily settled down with wife, Nichola, and their two children.

Although being stuck indoors is not how many people hope to spend their 20th birthday, Coronation Street star Ellie Leach made the best of it.The actress, who plays Faye Windass on the cobbles, has afforded fans a peek of her celebrations via her Instagram account, which has 171k followers. On Monday the young star’s home was decorated to the nines, with her stylish bedroom filled with white and gold helium balloons which had streamers hanging down from them.

She showed off her culinary skills on BBC One’s Celebrity Best Home Cook, but most of us will most recognise Shobna Gulati from the cobbles. The actress played Sunita Alahan, wife to Dev Alahan on ITV’s hit soap Coronation Street from 2001 to 2013.

Ryan Thomas turned into a delivery driver for an evening to hand out burgers from his brother Adam's restaurant.The 36 year old, who recently opened up about self-improvement after facing backlash about his parenting comments, took to his Instagram stories to document his temporary career change and share it with his 1.1million followers.

direct to your inboxManchester actor Jack James Ryan's character is causing a stir on the Coronation Street cobbles.Troublesome character Jacob Hay is part of a gang who are running drugs under the cover of food deliveries and he recently roped in vulnerable Simon Barlow.Jacob graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 2018 and has appeared in TV shows including Casualty, Emmerdale and Doctors.Jack's character will be around in Weatherfield for a few months as Jacob as part of the

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman has a busy year ahead with two weddings to look forward to both on-and-off screen.The 39 year old, who is known for playing Abi Franklin on the popular soap opera, got engaged to boyfriend and co-star Joe Duttine last March while her character is to be married to Kevin Webster, who is played by Michael Le Vell, 56.The mechanic popped the question to boyfriend Kevin after he came close to losing his life by being locked in the Bistro fridge by Ray Crosby.

Victoria Ekanoye has welcomed her first child with partner Jonny Lomas.The Coronation Street star, who is most well known for playing Angie Appleton on the popular soap opera, took to her Instagram feed to share the happy news with her 23,000 followers.The 38 year old shared a clip of herself holding her baby's hands with her pinky fingers.The little tot could be seen wrapped up in a white babygrow and tucked under a white laced blanket for the short video as Betty Noyes' Baby Mine played in the

direct to your inboxFormer Corrie actress Victoria Ekanoye has shared her joy after welcoming her first child with her partner Jonny Lomas.An overjoyed Victoria posted a video on her Instagram on Sunday morning showing their baby boy's tiny hands.The doting mum wrote alongside the clip: "Our prince, our love, our world, our miracle."Victoria, who played Angie Appleton in the soap, revealed she was pregnant in November.The couple decided to wait until then to announce their happy baby news partly