ITV Coronation Street star Sam Aston shares baby joy as he becomes dad again

Coronation Street Sam Aston has shared the wonderful news that he has become a dad again. The actor, who has grown up on screen playing Chesney Brown, has welcomed a baby girl with his wife Briony.

The couple, who married in 2019, have shared their joy at the arrival of a baby girl - sister to their 20-month-old son Sonny - and told of their happiness.

They told OK! on Wednesday (May 11): "Our beautiful girl has arrived," before sharing a picture of the adorable newborn in a babygrow saying "little sister" in pink writing with a bunny rabbit image above.

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Briony has also shared the image to her Instagram page, where she has been flooded with congratulatory messages. Former Corrie star Tisha Merry, who played Steph Britton in the ITV soap, wrote: "Awww congratulations to you both!! I hope you’re all doing well! Lots of love."

Sam took to Instagram back in October to reveal his wife was pregnant again, sharing an adorable snap of Sonny standing alongside some pumpkins with a sign. The message read: "We're adding another pumpkin to our patch. Due Spring 2022."

It comes after the actor, who has played Chesney in Corrie for 19 years, and yoga teacher Briony saw Sonny arrive six weeks early on August 11, 2020, just over a year after the couple married in a stunning Cheshire ceremony.

And Sam got his fans talking back in February when they saw a snap of him and Sonny on his first holiday before they became a family of four. Briony took to Instagram with a snap of the three of them walking along the beach writing: "Hello Sonny’s 1st holiday & hello 3rd trimester."

However, it was Briony's later post of her husband and