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The actress said her husband Julian Spear died of a sudden brain haemorrhage after jumping into a freezing swimming pool.

Coronation Street stalwart Gail Platt will plan to leave the cobbles for abroad following a Christmas Day wedding, a new trailer has revealed.

A joint statement, released by his family, said the actor, died "peacefully in his sleep" and was "with his friends and family at the end".