Former Coronation Street star Chris Fountain suffers mini stroke at 35

Chris Fountain suffered a mini stroke in August. Picture: Ian West/PA

Former Coronation Street actor Chris Fountain has said he was left “speaking like a toddler” after suffering a mini stroke.

The 35-year-old, who played Weatherfield’s Tommy Duckworth in the long-running soap, said he spent five days in a London hospital after waking up at home unable to speak properly in August.