Soap producer furious at 'false reporting'

Coronation Street producer Steve Frost is furious with the Daily Star Sunday for suggesting that one of the soap's characters - David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) - is to become embroiled in a "sick plot" involving a firearms massacre. But Frost says the paper's claim "is wholly untrue." He adds: "False reporting such as this misleads viewers and damages and defames the programme. The producers and writing team take their responsibilities to the viewers extremely seriously." (Via Digital Spy)