'Warm-hearted and talented': Coronation Street star Barbara Young dies aged 92

Former Coronation Street star Chris Fountain has shared an image and videos of himself in a hospital bed months after suffering a stroke. The actor, who played Tommy Duckworth in the ITV soap, suffered a mini-stroke in August last year and spent five days in a London hospital after waking up at home unable to speak properly.

Former Coronation Street actor Chris Fountain, best known for playing Tommy Duckworth, posted a series of photos and videos on his Instagram to give his fans a health update. The star is set to undergo heart surgery on Friday.

Coronation Street's Alex Bain has broken his social media silence and as he announced his return on his Instagram stories.The soap star took a trip to the theatre to see the UK tour of The King and I, where he shared a snap of the stage and wrote: “Guess who’s back on Instagram! And what perfect timing.” Alex, who has played Simon Barlow for the last 15 years on Coronation Street, has made his return to his socials after announcing he he was “taking a break” following his reported breakup from fiancée Mollie Lockwood last month. At the time he wrote: “Due to recent personal life events, I will be taking a break from all forms of social media.

Coronation Streets Faye Windass is set to be making an emotional exit from the show in the coming weeks.

King Charles is still clearly in high spirits from his Coronation weekend as he beamed while taking up his first role since officially being crowned.The 74-year-old was crowned as Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday in a televised event which was watched by over 20million people across the country. But it was back to work as usual on Tuesday as he met with academics and aviation leaders on a tour of the new facility at the Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge.The monarch was dressed smartly in light grey suit for his visit as he learnt about the laboratory, which aims to accelerate the path to zero carbon flight.

Terrence Hardiman has died aged 86, his agent has said.

South Africa are a world away from the comparatively pedestrian cobbled streets of Coronation Street.  And Andy Whyment admits he's glad to be back in Weatherfield after suffering elimination from the pre-recorded all star version of I'm A Celebrity. .

Coronation celebrations continued on Monday with Prince William, his wife, Kate Middleton, and their kids — Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5 — taking part in a variety of activities at the 3rd Upton Scout Group.The royals visited the Brownie troop in Slough to participate in an initiative titled “The Big Help Out” — a day full of charity and volunteering. William, 40, and Kate, 41, accompanied the group to help remodel their Scout Hut, doing tasks such as excavating, sanding and painting.At one point, the Duke of Cambridge and George sat in a big yellow excavator to dig into a pile of dirt.The father of three then took Louis up into the vehicle and steered it into the mud.The family also wore matching purple and yellow ribbons that hung around their necks for the springtime outing.Little Louis even drove a wheelbarrow into the grass that was full of debris.

Jack Ryder, known for playing Jamie Mitchell on EastEnders during the late 1990s, looks almost unrecognisable now aged 41.The actor, who was previously married to Kym Marsh, is synonymous with his blonde heartthrob on-screen character - joining the show in 1998 before being killed off in true soap style for a Christmas Day special. Now, 21 years on from the role, he has swapped the clean-shaven look for a salt and pepper beard, chopping off his curtains of the past decade too. Despite a strikingly different look to that of his youth, the actor still sends fans swooning with selfies and regular snaps uploaded to Instagram, where he has over 9,000 followers.

Former Coronation Street star Sushil Chudasama looks unrecognisable in a new snap, 18 years on from when he appeared on the soap as Sarah Platt's lover. He played Scooter Makuna on the show, as he enjoyed an affair with Sarah Platt - played by Tina O'Brien - but the character made his exit after a huge argument, as the actor left the soap for another job.

Linda Lewis — who has worked with artists including David Bowie, Cat Stevens and Rod Stewart — has died, aged 72.The singer had spent more than four decades within the industry, working with some of the most famous names in music. She also had a prominent solo career throughout the 1970s, which featured a number of Top 40 hits.Her death was announced by her sibling, Dee Lewis Clay, on social media today (May 4).In the update, Clay confirmed the “heartbreaking” news of Lewis’s passing, and described her as a ‘beloved beautiful sister”.

Coronation Street star Rebecca Ryan, who played Lydia Chambers in the soap, has given birth to her first child. The actress announced the happy news and revealed she has named her newborn daughter Aurora. Rebecca took to Instagram to share the first photo of her little one, who was pictured sleeping on some fluffy blankets while dressed in a striped babygro.

Dannii Erskine who rose to fame for her stint on Australian reality show Bride and Prejudice fame has died aged 28.

READ MORE:“My sister Cory and I were by her hospital bed for 30 hours straight and in the end, as is so often the case, she slipped away in our absence with a beautiful nurse called Mercy (you couldn’t write it) caring for her. “The care she received in those last days at Addenbrookes was remarkable – considered, careful and empathetic – and to a person, they all said how much they had loved my mum, how she had made them laugh and how she had always been interested in them. “She was 43 years without my father, 30 years without a cigarette and 20 years without a drink but never without a humbug.

The Express reports. She went on to thank hospital staff who cared for her. Liza's statement said: "Just to let people know, my beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted, talented and singular mother died on Thursday night at 10.

READ MORE: Corrie's Simon Gregson addresses hair transplant rumours after Steve McDonald's new lookShe wrote: "Just to let people know, my beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted, talented and singular mother died on Thursday night at 10. 30pm. "My sister Cory and I were by her hospital bed for 30 hours straight and in the end, as is so often the case, she slipped away in our absence with a beautiful nurse called Mercy (you couldn't write it) caring for her.

Coronation Street actress Barbara Young has died peacefully aged 92 surrounded by loved ones.

Barbara Young’s daughter has announced the death of the Coronation Street star at the age of 92. Singer Liza Pulman described her actress mother – who also starred in I, Claudius, Last Of The Summer Wine and Family Affairs – as “warm-hearted and talented”.

A photograph taken of the King for his matriculation at the University of Cambridge has been released for the first time.Trinity College, Cambridge, where Charles studied for three years, shared the picture of the 18-year-old prince taken in October 1967, ahead of the coronation next week.The postage-stamp sized portrait shows Charles in the college’s 17th century Wren Library, with a note reading “Wales HRH, The Prince of”. It has been preserved in Trinity College’s archives since it was taken 56 years ago.Trinity Fellow Professor Adrian Poole, a contemporary of Charles, said: “For virtually all of us, it was our first time in the Wren Library. “We were overawed and a bit intimidated.

EXCLUSIVE: Vince Vaughn will return to star in (and likely produce) a sequel to his hit 2004 comedy, Dodgeball, scripted by Jordan VanDina (The Binge), which is in early development at 20th Century Studios, Deadline has learned.