Becky set to leave Corrie

ACTRESS Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky McDonald, is to leave Coronation Street at the end of this year, ITV has announced.

Her character will remain on screen until early 2012 and will depart in an “explosive” storyline to begin next month.

ITV said: “Viewers will see Becky go into meltdown when social services start investigating her ‘purchase’ of her sister’s son Max.