{"id":111943,"date":"2025-08-02T03:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111943\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T03:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:25:13","slug":"coronation-street-star-anthony-crank-gets-engaged-to-partner-craig-lomax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111943\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street star Anthony Crank gets engaged to partner Craig Lomax"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-164\/kate-dennett.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KATE DENNETT<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  19:24 EDT, 1 August 2025   |  Updated:  19:51 EDT, 1 August 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/coronation_street\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d71224a0-6f2c-11f0-a2f8-8babfa183c13\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coronation Street<\/a> star Anthony Crank has announced his engagement to his partner Craig Lomax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The actor, 51, took to Instagram on Friday to confirm the happy news with his 17,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He posted a photograph debuting the couple&#8217;s matching engagement rings, which each featured chunky gold bands and a square blue stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He simply captioned the post: &#8216;@craig_lomax \u2764\ufe0f 31\/12\/2016 &#8211; ????&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The couple have been together for nine years and Craig also shared the same picture to his own Instagram page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anthony is best known for playing Dean Turnbull, an all-round villain and drug dealer in the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/itv\/index.html\" id=\"mol-b8abf020-6f2e-11f0-a2f8-8babfa183c13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV<\/a> soap opera.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-73d1e96fb4378b98\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/100860909-14964287-Coronation_Street_star_Anthony_Crank_has_announced_his_engagemen-m-9_175409063988.jpeg\" height=\"635\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Coronation Street star Anthony Crank has announced his engagement to his partner Craig Lomax\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Coronation Street star Anthony Crank has announced his engagement to his partner Craig Lomax<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-df63c000b6f6bae9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/100860911-14964287-image-a-10_1754090645501.jpg\" height=\"706\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The actor, 51, took to Instagram on Friday to confirm the happy news with his 17,000 followers, sharing a photograph of their matching rings\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The actor, 51, took to Instagram on Friday to confirm the happy news with his 17,000 followers, sharing a photograph of their matching rings\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The notorious character first appeared on the show in 2022 and Anthony secured a recurring role on the show until 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Before making his debut on the cobbles, Anthony hosted Sunday morning show T4 from 2005 until 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Adding to his soap opera fame, Anthony also appeared on Hollyoaks as a character called Kenneth back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His other TV credits include appearances on Shameless, The Syndicate and Accused, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In Coronation Street, Dean famously left Abi Webster for dead when she tricked him into admitting he stole a sports car from the garage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was forced to use it as a battering ram to escape a smoke-filled garage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That came just days after he abandoned her when she went into surprise early labour with her baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anthony last appeared on Coronation Street in May 2024 and it is not known whether he will reprise his role again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-aa67a95dd89b3b52\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/100861501-14964287-image-a-34_1754092268489.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Anthony is best known for playing Dean Turnbull (pictured), an all-round villain and drug dealer in the ITV soap opera\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Anthony is best known for playing Dean Turnbull (pictured), an all-round villain and drug dealer in the ITV soap opera<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Coronation Street star Anthony Crank gets engaged to partner Craig Lomax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have YOU got a story? 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