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Actor Claire Sweeney on starring in the soap, motherhood and keeping fit

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CASUALTY FAVE…

Sue Cleaver is looking forward to countryside strolls and new experiences after walking out of Weatherfield for the final time. The 61-year-old’s last scenes as Coronation Street’s Eileen Grimshaw air

My whole life has been a fluke. I applied to be a contestant on Big Brother in 2010 on a whim, because I fancied being on TV. It’s head-scratching to think of what my life was like before Big Brother

I’d love to see more of the world, I’d love to learn to play a musical instrument and I’d like to live abroad sometime. Even if it’s just for a short while, it would be great to embrace somewhere new.

Coronation Street’s Samia Longchambon knows exactly how she would cope living in the shoes of her troubled character – badly! The actress celebrates 25 years as hairdresser Maria Connor this year and