Antony Cotton has revealed that the cast of Coronation Street will miss Tupele Dorgu when she leaves at the end of the month.

The 32-year-old actress announced in November that she is departing the ITV1 soap after five years.

Dorgu, who plays the Street's Kelly Crabtree, said that she wants to move on to "new challenges" within the industry.

Antony Cotton told PA that the whole cast wished her the very best in her future career. "Tupele leaves in about two weeks, which we're all really sad about, but she's going on to new things, pastures new," he said.

"When any of our fold leave it's sad, but we're hoping that they do well, and we'll follow Tupele."

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