Former Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw is expecting her second child.

The actress, best known for her role as Maxine Peacock, has turned her back on showbiz and is now concentrating on being a stay-at-home mother. She is currently living in Reading, Berkshire with computer salesman Ashley Poundall and one-year-old son Louis.

"Tracy and Ashley are very happy together," a friend told the Sunday Mirror. "She is loving being a mum and is around four months pregnant with her second child. She just wants to get on and lead a normal life now."