Just when you thought that Coronation Street’s Tommy Orpington couldn’t get any more iconic, you find out that star Matt Milburn, who plays the character, is related to another cobbles legend.

Milburn returned to the ITV soap last year to reprise his role as Tommy Orpington, a character he first played in 2016. Wood forged his own path with roles as Rick Neelan and Trevor Royle ...