The actor, who is famed for playing Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV soap, was seen catching up with one of his castmates
Coronation Street star Alan Halsall (Image: Alan Halsall Instagram)
Coronation Street star Alan Halsall was seen enjoying a ‘lunch date’ with one of his castmates before they made a moving announcement.
The actor, who is famed for playing Tyrone Dobbs in the ITV soap, recently returned to the UK after heading on a trip of a lifetime with his daughter. Alan and 11-year-old Sienna ditched the UK for Thailand to attend a wedding.
But as well as the special occasion itself, the father and daughter have been having plenty of fun, with Alan sharing a number of updates online.
However, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and last Tuesday (April 15), Alan took to his Instagram Story and posted a picture of the beach alongside the message: “And that is us out of here.”
Since his return to the UK, Alan has continued to reflect on the time away and shared a fun-packed video to Instagram hailing the people who helped him and his 11-year-old daughter have the time of their lives.
Alongside the post, the soap star wrote to his 328,000 followers: “Friends…Some old, some New. So many people made this such a special trip for Sienna & Me.”
Now, Alan has given a glimpse at what he’s been up to since his return, which included catching up with Corrie co-star Sam Aston on the golf course.
Sharing a smiling picture of the Chesney Brown actor to his Instagram Story as he tucked into his lunch, Alan wrote in view of his followers: 10 hols & lunch date with Big Chez,” before tagging their location as the Worsley Park Country Club.
(Image: Alan Halsall Instagram)
He then shared a follow-up post in which he, Sam and fellow Corrie star Andy Whyment announced the charity they’ll support this year at their charity gold event.
Alongside a picture of the trio, a message read: “This year we are proud to support Friends of Serenity.” A longer message then read: “We are proud to announce this year we will be supporting Friends of Serenity
“Friends of Serenity aims to preserve and protect the health of sick and pregnant women and those who suffer miscarriage, still birth or neonatal death.”
Alan also added to the post that the charity was chosen by Sam and his wife, Briony, who sadly endured two tragic miscarriages within four months of each other.
Briony previously explained that their sad loss of one of their babies was the result of ‘Vanishing Twin Syndrome’, a condition in which one of the babies stops growing and the mother’s body then absorbs the embryo and tissue.
The midwife discovered Briony had been expecting non-identical twins – developing in two separate amniotic sacs with their own placentas- after locating the lost twin’s remaining amniotic sac during the scan.
“If we hadn’t had the early scan, I wouldn’t even have known,” she said. “But it does explain why I was so sick and tired this time around compared to my other pregnancies.”
It was then in 2024 that Sam and Briony revealed they had welcomed a new baby girl. “Welcome to the world…Hazel Marie Aston. 07.05.24 8lbs 15oz,” they wrote alongside pictures from Hazel’s arrival, including Briony’s water birth in a large pool.
Another sweet photo showed older siblings Sonny and Daisy holding a candle towards the umbilical cord and placenta as they welcomed their newest sibling into the world.