Helen Worth: Coronation Street's Gail Platt to leave after 50 years

Actress Helen Worth is to leave Coronation Street street after five decades on the cobbles.Worth celebrates her golden anniversary on the show next month, having played Gail Rodwell, formerly Gail Platt, since 1974.The soap say her character Gail will "bid farewell to Weatherfield in a major storyline for the Platt family". Speaking on the decision to leave, Worth, 73, said: "I made the decision at the start of…