Buzzin Soap Stars

Julia Howorth, who plays Claire Peacock in Coronation Street, has given birth to a baby girl on Friday.

It is the first child for Julia and her husband Jon Wormaid, who they have named Sophie and she weighed in at 8lb 110z.

Claire arrived in the Street in 2003, when she applied to be a nanny for Joshua Peacock after his mother Maxine, was murdered.  Claire married Ashley on Christmas Day 2004-

Julia is now on annual leave from the programme but will be returning to the Street next year.