Actress Helen Worth bowed out of the ITV soap after five decades on Christmas Day as Gail left Weatherfield for a new life

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, and fans have seen Gail weather many domestic dramas, romances, bust-ups and even prison.

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David Platt has been at the centre of a huge storyline on Coronation Street in recent weeks after he realised his wife Shona was having an affair - and now it seems as though he may be leaving the cob

It looks as though the Platts could be saying goodbye to another beloved member of the family just days after Gail departed the cobbles after her wedding.

Coronation Street's boss has revealed that David Platt's downfall will come at the hands of an 'unexpected' character as the family is left in chaos after Gail's exit. The matriarch officially waved goodbye to Weatherfield on Christmas Day having tied the knot with her sixth husband Jesse Chadwick at her seventh wedding.