Christine Mackie, who plays Coronation Street's Dr Gaddas, was 11 when her dad took his own life.
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Coronation Street
Tributes paid to actor Andrew Hall, who also featured in the BBC show Butterflies, who has died aged 65.
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Actress Lucy Fallon is the latest in a string of the soap's stars to announce their departures.
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Coronation Street will welcome its first black family to the soap's cobbled streets in June 2019
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Critics speak out on which soap is the most dangerous, ahead of Corrie's latest disaster plotline.
Read moreCorrie star Kym Marsh 'takes break from show'
Coronation Street star Kym Marsh is leaving her role as MIchelle Connor in the ITV soap later this year.
The actress, who joined the show in 2006, said: "It’s been an incredibly difficult decision but it feels like the right time for me to take a break from the show and explore some other roles."
The star added:“But this isn’t the last you’ve heard of Michelle Connor, she’ll be back! I can’t wait to see what the writers have in store for the future.”
The former Hear'Say singer has been at the centre of a series of dramatic storylines including discovering her son was swapped at birth, surviving a minibus crash and being shot on her wedding day.
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Read moreCoronation Street actor Peter Armitage dies age 78
Coronation Street actor Peter Armitage, who played Bill Webster on the show, has died aged 78.
The actor first appeared on the long-running series, as Kevin Webster's father, more than 30 years ago.
No cause of death has been given, although four years ago Armitage revealed he was in remission from bowel cancer.
His death was announced on Twitter by former co-star Charlie Lawson, who plays Jim McDonald.
The actor first appeared in the ITV soap more than 30 years ago.
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