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Actress talks about Hayley Cropper's Corrie exit

Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh from Derbyshire talks about the on screen death of Hayley Cropper.

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Samaritans comments on Hayley Cropper Coronation Street suicide

Coronation Street character Hayley Cropper has been battling pancreatic cancer in the show's storyline Credit: Eamonn and James Clarke/Eamonn and James Clarke/EMPICS Entertainment

Mental health charity Samaritans has released a statement on the upcoming on-screen suicide of Coronation Street's Hayley Cropper.

The charity says it worked extensively with the programme to "safely cover this very sensitive subject" and that "shutting down coverage of suicide is unhelpful."

Viewers will say goodbye to Hayley, played by the Derbyshire actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, on tonight's (20 January) programme.

The full statement can be read here.

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