Soap rewrites kidnap storyline

A STORYLINE about child abduction in the British TV soap Coronation Street is being rewritten because of similarities with the Madeleine McCann case in Portugal.

ITV has scrapped already-filmed scenes where Freddie Peacock disappears over fears it would upset the McCann family.

The story was a major plotline due to run in the top-rated drama for “several months”, ITV said.