Corrie star 'heading for heartbreak'

Friends are growing concerned for Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan after she began dating new man Adam Thomas.

The actress, who plays Rosie Webster in the ITV1 soap, was spotted "passionately snogging" Thomas at a club last month.

The 19-year-old, better known as schoolboy Donte Charles in Waterloo Road, is the younger brother of Corrie's Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw).

A source told New that Flanagan is besotted with her new love, saying: "She is telling anyone who'll listen that she has found the one and she said 'I feel like I am becoming a woman at last'."

However, pals fear that she may be heading for disappointment as her feelings may not be reciprocated to the same degree.

An insider said: "Helen thinks that Adam is as keen on her as she is on him. We just hope his Jack-the-lad reputation is an exaggeration - as we'd hate to see her have her heart broken."

Flanagan, 18, was previously linked to Manchester City footballer Micah Richards.