Emmerdale star Will Ash has shown his support for his cousin who actually stars in Coronation Street. The actor, who actually starred in the ITV soap himself aged 10 and most famously as Chris Mead in Waterloo Road, is related to Peter Ash.
While Will joined Emmerdale last year as Caleb Milligan, the half-brother of Cain and Chas Dingle, and had viewers screaming at their TV screens as he tried to get one over on Kim Tate, Peter is currently wowing viewers and regularly leaving them in tears with his portrayal of Paul Foreman on the cobbles.
They are watching the long-running storyline involving the character unfold after he was tragically diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.
MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work.
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