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Lucy Fallon has revealed she’s engaged. The Coronation Street star took to Instagram and gave fans a look at her huge diamond as she celebrated her 30th birthday.

“Ending the birthday weekend with my best friend as a fiancé!!!! I can’t wait to marry you @ryanledson8,” she said.

Lioness legend Chloe Kelly penned: “Congratulations,” with two heart-eye emojis. While Lily Gerrard said: “Congratulations,” with three hearts.

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Queen guitarist Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson swapped their London home for a lavish Surrey estate after it flooded with sewage

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Anita Dobson, wife of legendary Queen guitarist Brian May, had a poignant moment of realisation after the couple were compelled to abandon London for a quieter life in the countryside. The pair traded their £7million Kensington residence for a sprawling £25million estate in Surrey last year.

Their opulent new home is nestled within an expansive 200-acre estate in the heart of Windlesham. Anita has previously confessed that Brian has “never been happier” since they swapped the hustle and bustle of the capital for the tranquillity of the countryside.

Their current abode, originally constructed in the 1920s, stands on the site of a 16th-century farmhouse which was demolished to make way for the Regency-style dwelling they now call home.

The decision to relocate came after their previous home was inundated with sewage in 2021. The unfortunate incident left the couple distraught and resulted in the loss of memorabilia stored by Brian.

However, according to Anita, her husband “fell in love” with their new surroundings even before he laid eyes on the property. She revealed that he was particularly smitten with “the trees, the flowers, the grass, the lake”, reports the Express.

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“How could I take him away from that?” she pondered during an interview with The Sunday Telegraph. However, the move from London to the countryside brought with it a bittersweet realisation.

Anita, aged 76, reflected: “I remember thinking, ‘I’m buying my own retirement home,’ because it’s quiet. I do miss London. I miss the lights, the noise, even the dirt – I was born in that dirt. But I know what I’m facing ahead of me.”

Brian, 78, has occasionally offered glimpses of their home on Instagram. The property is said to boast an observatory which allows Brian to indulge his passion for the stars.

Whilst the east wing is said to house an indoor swimming pool, studio, spa, sauna and gym. Last year Anita admitted that her husband is a “hoarder” and has a huge range of Star Wars memorabilia.

She says he insists on buying two of everything as well – one for himself and one for his grandchildren, explaining: “He’s a big collector. He buys a packaged one and one that he can have for the grandkids.

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“He’s bought quite a lot. It’s eased off a bit, as he’s gone through life. His favourite is the little green guy, he loves Yoda.”

Anita revealed Brian also enjoys collecting dinosaurs and figures of prehistoric creatures “like most kids do.”

EastEnders star Anita says she has previously attempted clearing out some of their possessions but regularly fails, because she also has “semi-hoarding tendencies”.

She told Music News: “I always think I’ve got to have a clear out, and a lot of my clothes go to the local hospice. But there’s so much stuff.

“The way I look at it, my husband is a hoarder and I’m a semi-hoarder. I try to lessen the accumulation of stuff that comes in. My husband is really clever so any little things that come in that you think are useless he will go, ‘No, no, don’t get rid of that because it might come in useful.’

“And it does,” she added. “Something he is fixing, or something he has decided to add, and there it is, he’s got it in his DIY box.”

Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon partied into the early hours of the morning alongside her boyfriend Ryan Ledson as she celebrated her 30th birthday in Manchester

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Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon looked incredible as she stepped out to celebrate her 30th birthday. The actress – best known for her role as Bethany Platt on the hit ITV soap – partied the night away alongside her friends and footballer boyfriend Ryan Ledson in Manchester.

The soap star wore a striking crystal-embellished dress with cut-outs to the waist and a thigh-high slit for the glamorous outing. She wore her blonde hair in defined, sleek waves and had a full face of smoky-eyed makeup as she posed alongside Ryan.

Lucy carried a pearl and crystal bag and clutched her iPhone in her hand as she enjoyed drinks and dancing until around 3am. She was seen dancing with Ryan, 28, who wore an all-black ensemble with a white t-shirt layered underneath his shirt.

One onlooker said Lucy was dancing to tracks including Beyonce’s Crazy In Love and thoroughly enjoying her night before making a bleary-eyed exit. Lucy and Ryan are currently staying with his parents while their home near Ormskirk, West Lancashire, is being renovated.

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The couple met on celebrity dating app Raya in 2020 after her split from fellow actor Tom Leech. Lucy and Ryan are now parents to two children after welcoming their first child, Sonny, in 2023, and their second in January of 2025.

She returned to her role as Bethany in July, just seven months after she welcomed daughter Nancy. The birthday celebration comes after she had to rush her baby daughter to the hospital late last month.

Taking to social media on Monday, Lucy revealed that her daughter had come down with a sickness bug, all while battling a series of sinus infections, as well as teething. Appearing in a pair of pink pyjamas and a dressing gown at home, she opened up about her chaotic weekend, admitting that she no longer “knows” who she is anymore.

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The actress, who plays Bethany Platt on the ITV soap opera, said on social media: “I didn’t want to come on and be really attention seeking but here I am. We have had a weekend, haven’t we? We have had a weekend. It has been filled with sickness, and A&E visits and everything. I don’t know who I am anymore. But poor Nancy is literally so sick.

“Look at her eye, I just cannot. I cannot even cope, she has been vomiting, she has a throat infection, an ear infection and an eye infection. She has two top teeth coming through and a sickness bug, can you cope? But yeah, that’s just a reality check. Life comes at you really fast.”

Lucy panned the camera to her young daughter, who had a visibly inflamed eye as she sat on her mother’s lap. Lucy previously admitted revealed she was terrified to tell her bosses at Coronation Street when she fell pregnant for the second time.

She told The Sun: “I was in the green room with everybody and they were talking about story lines, and I felt tears falling. I called Caroline, our cast liaison, and she was like, ‘This [ pregnancy ] is good news. Why are you crying?’

“Then I went into the producer’s office in tears and she was obviously really nice about it. I’d built it up, thinking everyone was going to be so annoyed.” Lucy now only films for no more than two consecutive days, in order to be around for her children.