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Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has given birth to her baby girl. Polly arrived around seven weeks early, weighing 4lb 1oz, following a natural birth at a Manchester hospital.

Coronation Street veteran Betty Driver has told of the loveless childhood which led to her becoming exploited as a "meal ticket" for the rest of her family.

Coronation Street's Gary Windass will launch himself at Owen Armstrong after he is accidentally locked in a van.

His character's body is barely cold after being bumped off in Coronation Street but actor Steven Arnold is slipping back on to TV screens - as a Dancing On Ice contestant.

Friday 10th December 2010, 9:20PM GMT. Peter Barlow came back from the brink of death Hammer attack victim Charlotte Hoyle became the third fatality of the Coronation Street carnage this week - but Peter Barlow came back from the brink.

Coronation Street marked its 50th anniversary with a death, a birth and a wedding as it staged its first live episode in 10 years.

Coronation Street will mark its landmark 50th anniversary with an hour-long live episode - featuring death, destruction and further misery in the aftermath of the tram horror.

Soap operas including Coronation Street and EastEnders have been criticised for regularly showing characters drinking but rarely showing them hungover.

Coronation Street's Becky McDonald will have to sift through the rubble of the destroyed Corner Shop to get to an unconscious Sunita Alahan as Weatherfield is left reeling by a horrific tram crash.

Viewers are bracing themselves for the most catastrophic scenes in Weatherfield's history as Coronation Street marks its half century with blood on the cobbles.