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Curtains for Corrie's Tony Gordon after shock confession

19.11.09
This is the moment Coronation Street killer Tony Gordon finds himself banged up in a police cell after sensationally confessing to murder. ... more

Kym Marsh crowned Celebrity Mum of the Year

04.11.09
Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has been named Celebrity Mum of the Year.... more

Kelly Brook to strip off for West End show

06.10.09
Actress Kelly Brook and former Coronation Street star Julie Goodyear are set to strip off on stage in a West End play... more

EastEnders triumphs at Inside Soap Awards

29.09.09
EastEnders took home top honours at the Inside Soap Awards, as well as a fourth consecutive Best Actress win for Lacey Turner... more

Sound check: Do you want some?

24.07.09
Liam Gallagher turned on his fans this week when one of them lobbed a pint at him — but Oasis aren’t the only band attracting a hooligan crowd... more

EastEnders is television we can Adam and Eve in

11.05.09
In the British Soap Awards on Saturday night EastEnders triumphed. It smacked Coronation Street down the apples and pears (stairs) and smacked it in the boat race (face) ... more

Heartbeat and Wire in the blood will vanish from our screens

04.03.09
ITV's decision to slash funding and jobs will see the demise of some of the broadcaster's most popular shows... more

Rhapsody in electric blue: Kate Garraway slips into a clingy little number for TV Quick awards

08.09.08
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway showed off a bold front in a little blue dress as she joined the stars at the TV Quick and TV Choice awards.... more

I drank two bottles of wine a day. Then naturopathy (and a cheque from Gazza) saved my life, says Margi Clarke

06.09.08
Actress Margi Clarke reveals her amazing decade-long journey back to well-being.... more

Coronation Street's Shobna Gulati reveals her glamorous new blonde look

05.09.08
Actress Shobna Gulati has revealed a stunning new blonde bombshell look. ... more

Cold Feet star John Thomson joins Coronation Street

02.09.08
Cold Feet star John Thomson is joining the cast of Coronation Street. The actor and comic will play a down-on-his-luck children's entertainer called Jessie.... more

Sam Aston turns up on Coronation Street with a broken wrist after jumping castle accident

02.09.08
Sam Aston arrived on the set of Coronation Street today nursing a broken wrist after injuring himself on a bouncy castle at a friend's party.... more

'Men are all terrified of me'... Kym Marsh reveals how she is coping with single life

02.09.08
Kym Marsh thinks she is looking better than ever, but in a candid new interview the recently single Coronation Street actress, 32, says finding a boyfriend hasn't got easier.... more

Watching Coronation Street is officially bad for your health, according to experts

29.08.08
The ITV soap, set in the fictional Manchester suburb of Weatherfield, sees most of its characters regularly eating greasy fry-ups and fish 'n' chips and swilling pints in the Rovers Return.... more

Coronation Street star Alison King pregnant with her first child

11.08.08
Coronation Street star Alison King is expecting her first baby. Alison, who plays Carla Connor, is just over three months pregnant. The 35-year-old's boyfriend Adam Huckett is a sound assistant on the show.... more

Barman Vernon leads exodus as Corrie clear out 'a dozen top characters'

08.08.08
Coronation Street bosses are to axe more than a dozen of the show's top stars in a massive autumn cull.... more

Backlash over Coronation Street's girl-on-girl gang violence storyline

29.07.08
It certainly can't be accused of shying away from controversy. But after almost five decades on air, Coronation Street is set to deliver its biggest shock yet with gratuitous scenes of girl-on-girl gang violence. ... more

Former Coronation Street gymslip mum Tina O'Brien parades her growing baby bump

24.07.08
Former Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien looked the picture of blooming health as she attended the opening night of musical extravaganza Afrika! Afrika! in Manchester last night.... more

Oh eh, chuck: Zara saddles up with a hairnet - but looks more like Corrie's Ena Sharples

07.07.08
The princesses hairnet made her look more like Corrie's Ena Sharples than the twelfth heir to the throne. ... more

Your chance to vote first in TV's top awards

05.07.08
It's the most glittering - and nail-biting - date in the awards ceremony calendar, and a true litmus test of popular taste. And today we are proud to announce that Mail on Sunday readers will be the first to cast their vote for the National Television Awards... the only TV honours to be handed direct from the viewer to the star. ... more

Coronation Street: 'Sunny Jim' Jed Stone makes a dramatic return to Weatherfield after 42 years

24.06.08
A familiar face reappears in Coronation Street this week when Sunny Jim makes a dramatic return to Weatherfield.... more

Expert sky-divers take to the air for retro-style live TV advert

29.05.08
Once upon a time they were a common feature during soap operas in the 1950s. But now Channel 4 has invoked the spirit of a bygone age with a live TV advert.... more

Just like Hilda Ogden, it's Amy Shinehouse

24.05.08
SHE could have been auditioning for an unlikely role in Coronation Street. Despite appearances, however, Amy Winehouse wasn’t performing an impromptu impression of Hilda Ogden, but engaging in a spot of late spring cleaning in her own erratic fashion.... more

Chesney's clinch: Corrie's sweetheart gets his first kiss

21.05.08
Coronation Street’s Chesney Brown will get his first kiss in an episode to be aired this week.... more

Newly-single soap babe Kym Marsh flits between TWO hunks in TWO days

05.05.08
You can't keep a good woman down. Soap actress Kym Marsh appears to be back on the dating scene after being spotted with two celebrity hunks within two days of each other, just weeks after splitting from husband Jack Ryder. ... more

Sequins, short frocks and an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. Yes, it's the soap awards

04.05.08
The starlets of British soap operas turned out for their big night yesterday, showing plenty of flesh in their annual parade of short, sequinned dresses. And, of course, there was inevitably the actress who exposed just a little too much. Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallet nearly suffered a wardrobe malfunction on the red carpet for the British Soap Awards when one of the straps on her halterneck dress came loose... more

Corrie couple Jack and Vera reunited at TV awards

15.04.08
Beloved Coronation Street couple Jack and Vera Duckworth have been reunited. Three months after Vera's TV death, actors Bill Tarmey, 66, and Liz Dawn, 68, were thrilled to see each other at the TVNow Awards in Dublin on Saturday night ... more

Coronation Street's Kym Ryder 'saddened' after announcing split with husband Jack

21.03.08
Coronation Street actress Kym Ryder is picking up the pieces following news of her painful separation from husband Jack. The pair, who wed in 2002, said the split was 'saddening' as Kym today put on a brave face following the news ... more

Cheers, chuck! Coronation Street bosses plan a chain of Rovers Returns

03.03.08
Soap fans could soon be able to enjoy Betty's hotpot and a pint of ale in the Rovers Return even without venturing on set. Bosses at ITV have come up with a plan to bring Coronation Street's fictional pub to high streets all across the country with a themed chain of pubs based on the Rovers Return... more

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