Coronation Street's Summer actress declares love for co-stars and says 'I'm glad' after tear-jerking scenes

Coronation Street star Harriet Bibby has declared her love for her soap 'family' after watching tear-jerking scenes unfold in the long-running ITV soap.

During Monday night's (September 9) visit to Weatherfield, there was heartbreak as 17 months after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, the life-limiting illness for which there is currently no cure, Paul tragically died.

After being supported by his loved ones as his health deteriorated in the last year and a half, in his final hours, Paul was rushed to hospital as he struggled to breathe and shortly after arriving, doctors informed his family there was nothing more they could do but make him comfortable.

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Bernie Winter and Summer Spellman called for help as Paul struggled to breathe while Billy Mayhew was out desperately looking for his lost phone.

Back at the hospital, doctors informed Paul's family there was nothing more they could do but make him comfortable. Soon after, Bernie, Summer and Paul's sister Gemma Winter-Brown headed in to say their emotional goodbyes to Paul with Billy still trying to make it to the hospital in time.

But in a tragic turn of events, Billy didn't make it to the hospital in time to fulfil his promise of being by Paul's side when the time came, thinking he'd only managed to say he loved him one last time over the phone.

However, as viewers saw, Paul had already passed as Summer Spellman got Billy, who was running to the hospital after getting trapped in traffic in Frescho's car park, on the phone. Paul's mum Bernie encouraged Billy to say what he needed to Paul while