The Queen Takes A Stroll Down U.K. Soap Coronation Street’s Famous Cobbles Almost 40 Years After Her Last Visit

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Max George has revealed he has been in talks with Coronation Street about a role - but won't be joining soapland any time soon.The singer rose to fame with The Wanted, but is now looking at a career in acting and said that he was setting his sights high with Hollywood rather than on soaps closer to home.

Coronation Street actress Charlotte Jordan enjoyed some time off with her furry friend after opening up about her experience being followed in Manchester.The soap star, 25, rocked a daisy yellow T-shirt which she teamed with a pair of straight leg denim jeans and a lightweight army green trench coat, as she walked with her French Bulldog Olive.The brunette beauty, who recently gave a sneak peek inside her Manchester home, accessorised her look with a set of black boots and dressed little Olive

Damon Albarn has hit out at the UK government’s treatment of the arts during the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing them of a lack of empathy.Speaking to Channel 4 News ahead of his gig at the Manchester International Festival last night (July 13), the Blur frontman pointed out the hypocrisy of the gig having to be socially distanced while over 60,000 fans gathered at Wembley Stadium on Sunday (July 11) for the final of Euro 2020.“Let’s face it, it’s not just 60,000 [at Wembley],” he said.

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Matt Damon has his audience in stitches during his Cannes Film Festival masterclass today.

LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II has visited the set of “Coronation Street” to mark the long-running television soap's 60th birthday.The monarch was all smiles as she met Thursday with veteran cast and crew of the show, walked along the storied cobbled street and visited the studio where the interior of the Rovers Return pub is filmed.It was the second time the queen, 95, has visited Coronation Street — the first time was in the early 1980s, at the show's original studios in Manchester.She told the

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Coronation Street and Waterloo Road to celebrate the launch of his restaurant, The Spinn's new summer residency at Box on the Docks at MediaCityUK. As Manchester Evening News reports, the bash developed in to an Emmerdale reunion as he was joined by former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher, Isabel Hodgins who plays Kelvin's on-screen sister Victoria Sugden - and the actor who plays Aaron Dingle, Danny Miller, who attended with fiancee Steph Jones.

Coronation Street star Lucy-Jo Hudson has had a whole host of success as an actress, and she has the home to show for it too.The gorgeous 38 year old, who hails from Leeds, starred as Katy Harris on the ITV soap from 2002 until 2005, and she’s also had parts in Wild at Heart, Casualty and Doctors.

Noel Gallagher has revealed how he told Damon Albarn to “fuck off” after meeting him outside the Champions League final.The former Oasis guitarist bumped into his former rival and recent collaborator outside Porto’s Estádio do Dragão, following his beloved Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea last month.Albarn, a well-known Chelsea fan, was also in attendance at the crunch match.“When the final whistle went, [I] fucking took my pass off in disgust, fucking threw it on the stairs, walked out

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