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Coronation Street's Richard Fleeshman welcomes his first child: Actor's fiancée Celinde Schoenmaker gives birth to baby girl and reveals her adorable name


The actor, 35, who played Craig Harris on the ITV soap, took to Instagram on Friday to announce the birth of his daughter.

Coronation Street star Richard Fleeshman has become a father for the first time as his fiancée Celinde Schoenmaker gave birth to a baby girl. The couple were inundated with well wishes from their friends and family including fellow Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley who wrote: 'Huge congratulations guys'. Richard joined Coronation Street in 2002 at the age of 12, and four years later he showed off his vocal talents when he won Soapstar Superstar in 2006 which secured him £200,000 for his chosen charity.

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