Coronation Street's Hope youngster flooded with supportive messages amid six-year announcement

Coronation Street youngster Bella Flanagan has been flooded with supportive messages as she made a six-year announcement on social media. The actress was celebrating the number of years she has been seen on-screen playing the often troublesome Hope Stape.

Hope, who is now a Dobbs in the ITV soap, was born three months early on-screen in 2010 to mum Fiz and dad John during the events of the horror tram crash and around the same time, her father became a serial killer.

After health issues when she was younger, Hope developed behavioural problems starting in 2017, with signs of pyromania. In 2020, she tried to run away with her half-sister Jade Rowan after Jade fabricated evidence that the girls were being abused at home.

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Then the following year, when Tyrone left Fiz for Alina Pop, Hope started a fire at 2a Coronation Street, causing Alina to lose the baby she and Tyrone were expecting. A youth rehabilitation order was imposed on Hope and she began seeing a counsellor. And while she hasn't done anything as serious since she has still been found up to no good.

And with all that, it means actress Bella, who has been in the role since Hope's change in behaviour in 2017, has had a busy few years and over on her Instagram account, her parents marked her six years on the famous cobbles.

The young soap star's proud mum and dad Rachel and Chris Flanagan, who run the Instagram account for all their actor children as Bella's twin William plays Joseph Brown in Corrie while older sister Amelia stars as April Windsor in Emmerdale, which showcases the three kids' achievements, and on Monday, a new post marked a milestone for Bella.

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