Helen Flanagan reveals 'missing' car fail before son's 'horrendous' accident as she makes admission about being alone

Helen Flanagan saw the funny side as she shared her car fail with her fans as she gave them a debrief on her week. The star, from Bury, had been unusually quiet on social media and decided to have one big catchup with her loyal followers as she spoke to directly to the camera in videos posted to her Instagram Story.

Former Coronation Street actress Helen, who is usually quite active in giving her followers a glimpse into her busy life, could be seen fresh-faced and laying in bed in a clip earlier this week as she said: "Eventful few days and this is why I’ve not been on my social media."

"I’m sure no one has noticed – and no one cares- but I am sad. I literally put everything on my socials. [It’s been] the most manic, manic, manic few days. I am going to get a sleep and then I’ll fill you all in," the mum-of-three added.

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And after another day's silence, Helen returned to her social media platform and delved into telling her followers all about what has been going on as she headed to Paris with her eldest daughter, Matilda. Over the weekend, the 32-year-old headed to London where she watched Oh Polly's London Fashion Week show as well as to see her friends after she had taken her three children to see their footballer dad Scott Sinclair.

"So the weekend, what happened at the weekend? So the kids went to Scott's so I met him in Birmingham and then I don't really like, obviously, being in the house on my own without the kids because it just feels weird so I went to London and saw loads of my friends and had a really nice time," Helen, who played Rosie Webster in Corrie, said into the