CORONATION Street used to have magnificent female leads – so why are the soap’s current women turning into such weak victims?

Against the Odds - When they met 20 years after first splitting up, Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix and actor Tony Booth fell in love again. Then Pat discovered she had terminal cancer.

She was the Street siren with an eye for the blokes and a knack for raising the hackles of the morally superior Ena Sharples. And right up to actress Pat Phoenix's last appearance in 1984 ...

CORONATION Street used to have magnificent ... Elsie Tanner played by the late Pat Phoenix appeared in the very first episode of the soap. A strong feisty redhead with a heart of gold, she had ...

Profile of the actress who found fame in Coronation Street and whose life offscreen was as colourful as that of Elsie Tanner, the character she played for 21 years. Close friends and co-stars ...

Coronation Street have unveiled an emotional look back at Helen Worth’s 50 years as Gail Platt on the ITV soap. The video was originally compiled for the cast and crew, who gathered on the Viaduct ...

Coronation Street legend Helen Worth has quit the ITV ... As the lodger of the iconic Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix), it wasn’t ...

Coronation Street's evil Pat Phelan is leading the charge at this year's British Soap Awards. Connor McIntyre, who plays the murderer, is in the running for best actor and villain of the year.

Spoiler alert: This article contains information about Coronation Street 2018 episodes ... but Weatherfield's deranged killer Pat Phelan might be about to get his comeuppance.