I agree Alan and it's down to her poor acting skills. Michelle would maybe have been more popular if she just stuck to her own accent as Stella and told the street she was originally from London and it wouldn't have been such a fuss as not everyone who lives in Manchester has a Manchester accent. The problem is that Michelle can't cope with the demands of appearing in a soap. As much as i'm not a huge fan of the soaps I commend the cast members who work the long hours to learn basically a new script every day. There is no let up as it's not like working on a movie for three-months. It's a hard slog. Some actors can carry it off some can't. Michelle, Katy Ford, Kym Ryder and many others are just a few who can't cut the mustard in soapland. They needed to be treated like everyone else in the big bad world. Either ship up or ship out.