Lucy Fallon welcomes a baby girl

The 29-year-old actress - who is best known for playing Bethany Platt in 'Coronation Street' - has welcomed her second child with her partner, Ryan Ledson.

Alongside a snap of her baby girl, Lucy - who already has Sonny Jude, 23 months, with Ryan - wrote on Instagram: "Our teeny angel girl is here [star emojis] 11/1/25 x. (sic)"

Lucy has been inundated with congratulatory messages from some of her showbiz pals.

Jane Danson - who plays Leanne Battersby on 'Coronation Street' - replied: "Congratulations [heart emojis] she is beautiful . Enjoy this special time x (sic)"

Samia Longchambon, another of Lucy's co-stars, wrote: "Little beauty!! Congratulations to you all (sic)"

Meanwhile, Helen Flanagan - who played Rosie Webster on the ITV soap - simply said: "Congratulations darling (sic)"

Lucy actually suffered a miscarriage before welcoming her first child.

And the soap star previously admitted that the heartbreak served to strengthen her relationship with Ryan.

The actress told OK! magazine: "That changed things and it made us realise that was definitely what we wanted.

"Situations like that can really test your relationship and when you go through something that’s really horrible you see how the other person deals with stuff and how they support you and how you support them. It just made us closer and stronger."

Despite this, Lucy still felt anxious before giving birth.

She shared: "We made sure everything was OK before we told anyone else, although I did tell my mum straight away.

"We didn’t want to get excited too quickly and get our hopes up. After we had our 12-week scan was when we started to actually talk about it and tell people and be excited about it."