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Coronation Street star calls show ‘tightly gripped cult’ and slams the soap’s ‘controlling environment’

‘When I finally left we cried,’ the actor said

The Independent UK

‘People are getting murdered in knicker factories!’: how Coronation Street lost the plot

Fans are outraged, ex-cast members think it’s drivel – even its current actors are fed up. How did the world’s longest running soap go from shaping the national conversation to thinking it’s a ropey crime drama?

The Guardian - UK

Coronation Street's Les Battersby actor takes up wrestling at 71 in surprising career change

His character was well-known for his encounters with the other residents of the ITV soap having been billed on introduction as a ‘neighbour from hell’

Evening Standard

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‘I fear a paper will destroy me again’: Coronation Street’s Bruce Jones on murder, trauma and tabloid intrusion

He starred as Les Battersby in the soap but a close encounter with the Yorkshire Ripper and years of press attention led the star to depression and bankruptcy. Now, he is rekindling his love affair with acting – and stepping into the wrestling ring

The Guardian - UK

Biden's foreign policy prioritizes alliances. Beyond Ukraine, there's little to show for it

WASHINGTON — A year ago during his first meetings with Group of 7 and NATO leaders, President Joe Biden vowed that "America is back," promising the world's other industrialized democracies that they could once again count on the U.S. to shore up alliances and the global order.

Los Angeles Times

Les Battersby actor Bruce Jones' life after Corrie - homelessness to Hollywood co-stars

Bruce Jones, best known for his stint playing Les Battersby, has had an eventful life away from the Coronation Street cameras. From homelessness to his close bond with a former co-star, we take a look at his life away from the cobbles

Daily Mirror

Janice Battersby actress accused of taking swipe at ITV Corrie as Spider returns to the cobbles

Former Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle is thrilled that Martin Hancock will be back on our screens as Spider Nugent

Manchester Evening News

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Where Corrie's Les Battersby actor Bruce Jones is now 15 years after leaving soap

Actor Bruce Jones was on the ITV soap for a decade

Liverpool Echo

Corrie star details horror police questioning in connection to Yorkshire Ripper murder

Corrie legend Bruce Jones, who played taxi driver Les Battersby, found one of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe's victims while working on an allotment in the late 1970s

Daily Mirror

Former Corrie star Bruce Jones speaks about moment he discovered body of 'Yorkshire Ripper victim'

The Les Battersby actor features in a new series, Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders, on ITV

Manchester Evening News

Bruce Jones caught up in Yorkshire Ripper murder investigation after finding dead body

Former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones appears in ITV documentary Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders

Chronicle Live

Where are Coronation Street's biggest stars of the '90s now?

Des, Andy, Raquel, Les - we saw them and more three times a week back then, but where are they now?

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