Coronation Street's longstanding, long-suffering character Gail will bid farewell to Weatherfield on Christmas Day, after 50 years on the cobbles. Actress Helen Worth has stuck with the character through thick and thin since 1974,

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is about to bid a final farewell to the cobbles as she leaves Weatherfield for good to start a new life in France with her new husband - but will she get the happy ending she deserves?

The 73-year-old actress has appeared on the show since 1974 but will make her final appearance on the famous cobbles on Christmas Day.

NEW pictures from Coronation Street have shown the residence of Gail Platt looking bleak after a fire wiped through it. Pictures of the property in the ITV soap show the windows boarded up, with

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is set to bid farewell to the cobbles for good as she embarks on a fresh start in France with her new husband

In an exclusive chat with The Mirror, Jack P Shepherd, who portrays David Platt, disclosed his role in instigating a pivotal alteration to the final scene ever filmed by Helen Worth as Gail. With filming schedules not always aligning with onscreen sequence, it turned out Helen's concluding scenes as Gail didn't include her screen family entirely.

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is set to leave Weatherfield in the New Year as she gets her happy ending and marries Jesse Chadwick - but her life has been full of drama

Coronation Street legend, Gail Platt, played by Helen Worth, bows out of the long-running ITV soap this Christmas after an impressive five decades in Weatherfield