Coronation Street General News Thread

Coronation Street stars Samia Ghadie and Will Thorp have split.

The pair decided to part ways ahead of Ghadie's appearance on reality show Dancing on Ice.

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The 30-year-old actress broke up with Thorp, 35, before Christmas.

The couple's characters, Maria Connor and Chris Gray, were also an item in Coronation Street.

Ghadie and Thorp began a relationship just weeks after ending their real-life marriages to other partners early in 2011.

The time they have spent apart because of work commitments has reportedly proved too difficult for the pair.

Sources told The Sun: "She's had enough and decided to call time on the relationship. Both she and Will were obviously a bit upset because it was just before Christmas. But now she's really happy being single and is ready to mingle again."

Ghadie confirmed: "We've split up - that's it."

The soap star is paired with Sylvain Longchambon, 32, in the new series of ITV1's Dancing on Ice, which starts on Sunday, January 6.

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Coronation Street actor Simon Gregson has reportedly played an email prank on co-star Andy Whyment.

Gregson is said to have hacked Whyment's email account, before inviting his entire address book to his 'coming out party', reports The Sun.

The email allegedly read: "Please all come to my coming out party. I've decided to stop living a lie.

"I've realised that men make me happy and full of joy and other things."

The prank apparently occurred when the married actor left his email account open on his mobile phone in Gregson's eyesight when he was called away.

While most friends and workmates figured out it was a joke, at least one neighbour thought the revelation was true.

A source said: "Everyone thought it was hilarious and obviously Andy took it in his stride.

"Simon is the real joker in the pack and is always sparring with his co-stars, particularly Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs), Craig Charles (Lloyd Mullaney), Mike Le Vell (Kevin Webster) and Andy, of course.

"People thought it was a wind-up, but apparently one of the neighbours who received the email actually thought Andy and his wife had decided to come out and reveal their marriage was a sham and that Andy was gay.

"[Wife] Nicola tweeted to Alan Halsall, 'My neighbour believed it'. I think she quickly put them right."

Last year, Whyment - who plays Kirk Sutherland on the ITV soap - said that he wants to stay in Coronation Street for as long as possible.

A beauty salon set up by the fiancée of Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has closed down.

The salon, called Dollface, was opened by Shepherd and Lauren Shippey less than a year ago, The Mirror reports.

However, it closed late last year without warning, and the shop's Twitter page has now announced that the premises had to shut due to "unforeseen circumstances".

Shopkeepers in the neighbouring area of Wilmslow, Cheshire admitted that they had not known that the salon was closing.

One said: "They shut up before Christmas, I don't know why. They hadn't even been there a year."

Shepherd, who plays hairdresser David Platt in the ITV soap, will soon discover that his on-screen wife Kylie is pregnant.

Kylie actress Paula Lane recently revealed that "evil David Platt" could return once he discovers that he may not be the father of the child.

The 24-year-old has two children in real life, one with fiancée Shippey. The pair reconciled last year after it emerged that he had fathered a child with another woman.

Sam Robertson has claimed that he had sex with Coronation Street groupies during his time on the soap.

Robertson, who was evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house on Friday, played Adam Barlow between 2004 and 2007.

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Of his flings with Corrie fans, the Scottish actor recalled: "I'd go to nightclubs and there were always loads of dolly birds hanging around looking for fun - and I had lots of fun.

"But girls still called me Adam half the time. It's weird when the girl shouts out your character's name in bed.

"It's also an easy excuse to kick them out on the street and not have to pay for dinner though!"

The Beaver Falls star added: "There were groupies at Corrie. They hung around outside the set. They were nice but kind of odd. They weren't like rock 'n' roll groupies."

Speaking to Big Brother host Brian Dowling, the 27-year-old admitted that he felt "bored most of the time" inside the house.


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Michelle Collins has spoken of a recent incident on the London Tube which left her shaken.

The Coronation Street actress revealed that a group of ten youths were aggressive and threatening towards her after she was spotted by them in a train carriage.

"They were like a pack of wolves. I felt so scared and vulnerable," Collins told The Sun.

"Some of them looked as young as 15 but they were screaming abuse at me, calling me a f**king wh*re, a slag and a bitch.

"There was one ringleader, a girl, who was leading the pack while the others just watched laughing.

"They were off their heads - I could smell the booze coming off them. My heart was pounding. I just kept thinking, 'This is turning really nasty'. They could have had knives - and they were hammered.

"I got off the train as soon as I could but they followed me until I lost them in the crowd."

The incident occurred while Collins was on her way to the London birthday party of her Coronation Street co-star Charlie Condou.

She boarded the Tube at Highgate in North London at around 7pm on Saturday (January 12).

Collins said: "Suddenly I heard this ear-splitting shouting and swearing as the gang got on the train. They were really drunk and carrying bottles of wine and beer, and talking about going to get drugs.

"I kept my head down, but saw one of the gang fall onto a girl passenger sitting near me. They thought it was hysterical.

"Then one of the girls noticed me. She shouted, 'It's that bird Stella from the telly!' I politely asked them to leave me alone but they started abusing me, saying, 'Are you too f**king good to talk to us? You think you're some kind of f**king A-lister, but Corrie is s**t and you're s**t in it'.

"They were scary because they were unpredictable, and they were spoiling for a fight. It was all I could do not to cry."

Collins eventually left the train after it pulled into a station, only for the group to follow her on the platform. However, she managed to run up an escalator and escape into the crowd.


She said: "I felt threatened. In a packed carriage, not one person said, 'Leave her alone.'

"I would always stick up for someone who was being unfairly treated. It's a terrible reflection on our society that people are too scared to do the same."

Collins currently plays landlady Stella Price in the ITV soap, having previously played Cindy Beale in rival soap EastEnders.

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Michelle Collins has spoken of a recent incident on the London Tube which left her shaken.

but they started abusing me, saying, You think you're some kind of f**king A-lister, but Corrie is s**t and you're s**t in it'.

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Well two things right out of three isnt bad

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Originally Posted by Perdita

Michelle Collins has spoken of a recent incident on the London Tube which left her shaken.

but they started abusing me, saying, You think you're some kind of f**king A-lister, but Corrie is s**t and you're s**t in it'.

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Well two things right out of three isnt bad

Coronation Street star Alan Halsall has pledged a long-term commitment to the ITV soap.

The Tyrone Dobbs actor, who joined Corrie in 1998, hopes to equal his late friend Bill Tarmey's 31-year service to the Manchester-based serial.

"I'm starting my 15th year, which just feels crazy to me," he told the Radio Times. "Bill desperately wanted to get to 30 years and, in the end I think he did 31.

"And recently, I've started to realise that I'd quite like to do 31 years and emulate Bill Tarmey. I don't think I've any chance of catching Bill Roache – I don't think they'd have me that long, to be honest. But if I could get to those years of service that Bill Tarmey [did], then I'd be thrilled."

Giving an insight into his close friendship with Tarmey, Halsall recalled: "When I started on Corrie, I'd just left school. I'm a Salford kid born and bred and I'd grown up watching Coronation Street.


"So there I was with this dream job and I'm going out drinking and getting recognised and Bill sat me down and told me about all the options of how my life could go.

"And then he said, 'But you've got no choice - you're going down this road!' He steered me along the path of my career.

"I'm so lucky to have had Bill. He took me under his wing and if it hadn't have been for him, I don't think I'd be stood here right now."

The 30-year-old added: "Bill was very much like a father figure to me both on and off screen. He'd often ring me up of a night and, even after he'd retired, we'd meet up every other Thursday in the pub to have a beer.

"He was a huge part of my life. He knew what I thought of him and I knew what he thought of me. It's not something we ever hid. He knew how much I loved him and vice versa."

However, Halsall, nominated for 'Serial Drama Performance' at this year's National Television Awards, admitted that he would find it difficult to speak about Tarmey in his acceptance speech should he win the gong.

"I'd like to [dedicate the award to Bill], but I honestly think that if I went up there and tried to speak about Bill, it would feel too raw," he said.

[QUOTE=alan45;787355]Well two things right out of three isnt bad[/QUOTE

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Michelle Collins has spoken of a recent incident on the London Tube which left her shaken.

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I'm surprised there's no sympathy for Michelle Collins' ordeal. It was a horrible experience, no matter what you think of her acting.