Coronation Street star Bev Callard suffering from depression

Coronation Street star Beverley Callard who plays Rovers Returns landlady Liz McDonald has revealed that she has been receiving treatment for a nervous breakdown and depression.

Callard was absent from the soap for five months last year. Viewers were told Liz had jetted to Spain to stay with her son Andy.

But Callard's disappearance from Weatherfield was today revealed to be the result of a "serious breakdown" for which she received treatment in the Priory Clinic.

She said: "I have been speaking to the mental health charity Mind about lending my support to the work they do - I feel it is really important to try and help lift the stigma that makes life so difficult for the one in four people who experience mental health problems."

We wish her all the best with her recovery.