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Lottie Gibbons

Dad of Emmerdale's April and Corrie siblings Hope and Joseph says he's 'so proud' in sweet message

The father of Emmerdale's April Windsor and Coronation Street's Hope Stape and Joseph Brown has spoken about how 'proud' he is of their acting skills.

Isabella and William Flanagan are real-life twins, though they actually play cousins on Coronation Street.

Isabella plays Hope Stape, daughter of John and Fiz Stape, while William plays her cousin Joseph Brown, the son of Chesney Brown and Katy Armstrong.

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And it must run in the genes, as their older sister Amelia Flanagan plays April Windsor, the daughter of Donna Windsor and Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale.

Both Isabella and Amelia have tackled difficult storylines in recent weeks.

In Emmerdale, April has been subjected to some horrific online trolling.

She had set up a social media account about grief after the recent death of teen Leanna Cavanagh triggered her own memories from losing her mum.

And in Coronation Street, Hope has been acting out following the news her step dad Tyrone is expecting a child with new girlfriend Alina.

In an attempt to hurt Alina, Hope set fire to their flat.

While Fiz initially got the blame, Tyrone soon found Hope had stole the keys to their flat and started the fire.

Speaking about their performances, dad Chris Flanagan tweeted: "So proud of these two this week, playing such different characters both with big storylines and both doing such a great job.

"Thank you for all the lovely comments!"

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