Hayley Cropper's Corrie exit 'won't be a tear fest'

Julie Hesmondhalgh has promised 'Coronation Street' fans her exit from the soap won't be a "Christmas tear fest".

The 43-year-old actress filmed her final scenes for the ITV show as terminal cancer-sufferer Hayley Cropper yesterday, but she has taken to her Twitter account to reassure supporters they will not be crying into their Christmas dinner over her departure.