The actor, who plays Steve McDonald on the ITV1 soap, was "delighted" when his partner Emma gave birth to a 7lb 3oz boy on Friday night. The couple have decided to call him Alfie.
Gregson met Emma, who ran her own cleaning business, at a party in 2005. They recently moved to a new home in Morley Green, near Wilmslow, Cheshire.
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