Coronation Street star Alex Bain has revealed he is engaged to girlfriend Mollie Lockwood - a year after popping the question.
The actor, best known for playing Simon Barlow in the ITV soap, asked his girlfriend the all-important question in October last year and kept it secret from their families until Christmas when they announced the happy news.
The loved-up pair met three years ago, in October 2019, when Mollie was auditioning for a performing arts college in the North West.
Despite being in different years, love appeared to blossom when they got the chance to do a scene together during an acting class. "We did a duologue together and I honestly couldn’t take my eyes off her," Alex, who has grown up on screens having joined Corrie 14 years ago, told OK!
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