Actor has spent half his life in Corrie

Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald in Coronation Street, will soon have been in the show longer than he spent out of it.

"I joined in 1989, when I was 14-years-old, and I am 28 on Oct 2," says Simon. "So I am facing the frightening prospect of having spent half my life in Corrie, and then, immediately after my birthday, more than half my life.