Corrie stars 'banned from Twitter'

Coronation Street's stars have allegedly been banned from using social networking sites like Twitter and threatened with disciplinary action.

Bosses at the ITV1 soap are said to have blamed posts on the website for recent storyline leaks. Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan) and Antony Cotton (Sean Tully) are among some of the actors who regularly tweet.

According to the Sunday Mirror, a letter sent to the cast said: "Please consider the set a mobile and tweet-free zone.

"We realise that many of you use social media and networking sites and may wish to comment on your working lives - but we would prefer it if you didn't. Remember that any images can be accessed by the public.

"Disciplinary action may be taken against anyone who posts inappropriate pictures of yourself or any other members of the cast or anything that would portray The Street in a bad light."

A source said: "Anyone who is caught out tweeting anything embarrassing from now on is going to find themselves in very hot water."