Craig Gazey: 'I'll miss Steven Arnold'

Coronation Street's Craig Gazey has admitted that he will miss co-star Steven Arnold when the actor leaves the soap.

Last month, it was announced that Arnold and his screen wife Julia Haworth - better known as Ashley and Claire Peacock - are to be written out of the ITV1 drama later this year.

Gazey has shared many scenes with Arnold as his character Graeme Proctor is one of Ashley's employees at Elliott and Sons Butchers.

Speaking on This Morning, the star commented: "I don't know what's going to happen to my job at the butchers now! I said that, I was like, 'What's going to happen?' I can't afford to buy it so I don't know what's happening.

"I'm going to miss [Steven] because he made me feel really welcome. There was some really good stuff in the butchers. I really enjoyed it. But I'm hardly in there any more."

Reports have claimed that Arnold will try to secure work in the construction trade after he films his final Weatherfield scenes.