Corrie star Sally Dynevor: I fainted when I learned I had cancer

Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor is fronting a campaign by Prevent Breast Cancer (Ian West/PA)

Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor has revealed she fainted when she was told she had breast cancer at the time her on-screen character was battling the disease.

The soap star, 60, said she thought her doctor was confusing her with her character when she was told she had cancer on the same day she filmed the scene where she shared her diagnosis with her on-screen husband.