A Coronation Street star, who was trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, was announced as the winner of the Best Young Performer award at The British Soap Awards.

Millie Gibson, who stars as Kelly Neelan on the soap, picked up the award during the ceremony on the evening of Saturday, June 11.

She joins the list of former students at the Oldham Theatre Workshop who have gone on to win awards for their acting work.

In a post on her Instagram page, Millie said the night had been "a blur, but a pleasure" and that she felt "incredibly honoured".

In a post on their social media, Oldham Theatre Workshop wrote they were "so incredibly proud" of Millie for winning the award following her "outstanding performance" on the soap.

The 17-year-old follows in the footsteps of Suranne Jones by winning a British Soap Award as a former Oldham Theatre Workshop student while performing on Coronation Street.

The workshop, which is also responsible for kick-starting the careers of Kelvin Fletcher, Anna Friel and Anne Kirkbride, lost its founder David Johnson after he died in early May.

David set the workshop up over 50 years ago and had been award a British Empire Medal (BEM) in 2019 for his services to youth theatre.

Many former students paid tribute to him after his death was announced.

On Saturday night, Corrie also picked up the Tony Warren Award, won by writer Jan McVerry and the Villain of the Year, won by Maximus Evans who plays Corey Brent.

The awards ceremony, which was held for the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic, took place at Hackney Empire and was made gender-neutral for the first time.

TV presenter Phillip Schofield hosted the event and praised the soaps for working through the circumstances the pandemic provided.

He said: "Our favourite shows have faced and overcome challenges in the midst of a pandemic, they fought to make it back onto our screens providing us with entertainment we so badly needed and for that we are grateful."