Helen Worth to depart Coronation Street after 50 years

Gail has had a turbulent relationship at times with son David

Her golden boy has always been first-born Nick

More heartache for daughter Sarah when she became involved with closet-homosexual Todd Grimshaw, things took a turn for the worst when Todd kissed her half-brother Nick

Sunk: Another disastrous relationship with Joe McIntyre who she married in 2010

Joe decided that the only way to escape his problems is to fake his own death by disappearing in the Lake District on his boat ‘Gail Force’. Gail was accused of murdering him, he later killed himself.

Gail was falsely accused of killing her husband Joe, however, she was found not guilty after a trial

Last husband: Michael Rodwell had fallen on hard times and robbed the Platt’s house. However, via a Restorative Justice Scheme, the pair grew close and following his release from prison, they married in 2015. Michael later died of a heart attack, but had already left Gail at the time

Helen is one of the Corrie cast in a ‘cross over’ special with EastEnders for Children In Need