Coronation Street's Sally Carman celebrates 'best news ever' after rare scene with real-life husband

Coronation Street star Sally Carman-Duttine has been celebrating as her friend and co-star is now a permanent member of the show's cast. It has recently been revealed that Vicky Myers will now be a regular in the ITV soap after joining in 2021 as DS Lisa Swain.

The actress originally only signed up for eight episodes as the detective sergeant was first seen in 2021 when she led the police investigation into the assaults on Nina Lucas and Seb Franklin which led to the latter's death.

In more recent months, Corrie viewers have seen Swain face backlash from Daisy Midgeley after the police didn't stop her stalker Justin Rutherford before he launched a horrific acid attack on her wedding day and was also seen leading the hunt for serial killer Stephen Reid back in October.

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Celebrating her new long-running role on Corrie, Vicky took to X, formerly known as Twitter, with a promo shot of herself as Swain on the cobbles, posing in front of the Rovers Return and said: "Swain’s here to stay! Thank you for the wonderful messages in response to the exciting news and for the fantastic support since I joined @itvcorrie It’s greatly appreciated #CoronationSt #Swain #LISA."

Corrie also shared the news on their social media pages and said: "DS Swain is here to stay #Corrie." And Sally, who is known for playing Abi Webster in the long-running soap, was quick to respond.

Writing in the comments section on Instagram, she said: "Hurrah! This is the best news ever! Top actress, wonderful human - can’t wait to see what happens next." Sally's husband and co-star Joe Duttine,