{"id":389831,"date":"2026-04-21T03:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389831\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:58:09","slug":"coronation-street-cast-support-liam-mccheyne-after-major-achievement-away-from-the-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389831\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street cast support Liam McCheyne after major achievement away from the soap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cast of Coronation Street has heaped praise on Liam McCheyne after the star completed the Manchester Marathon. The Dylan Wilson actor shared a series of pictures running his first marathon, including a beaming shot posing with his medal.<\/p>\n

The money that Liam raised for competing was donated to Charlie’s Promise<\/a>, a charity “dedicated to helping the fight against the rising issue of knife crime in Surrey and across the UK”.<\/p>\n

Sharing a post on Instagram<\/a>, Liam thanked everyone who came to support him as well as his fellow runners, writing in the caption: “First marathon completed. With 2 weeks of training. But what an experience. Thank you so much to everyone that\u2019s donated, all going to the amazing work done by @charliespromisecharity.<\/p>\n

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“Thank you for everyone that came out today to cheer on the runners. Thank you to those that sent gorgeous messages throughout the day. <\/p>\n

“Huge congratulations to everyone that took part, you should all be incredibly proud. Final thank you to @andy_geelan, wouldn\u2019t have finished that marathon without you mate. \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc.”<\/p>\n

Several of his castmates congratulated him in the comments, including Betsy Swain actor Sydney Martin, who called him a “star boy”.<\/p>\n

Maria Connor star Samia Longchambon wrote: “\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\u2764\ufe0f Congrats Liam.. amazing achievement for a brilliant cause!”<\/p>\n

Mason Radcliffe actor Luca Toolan said the feat was “incredible”, while Kyran Bowes, Kimberly Hart-Simpson, and Tony Maudsley also offered their congratulations.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the marathon, Liam took to Instagram<\/a> to ask fans for their support<\/a> while explaining how his choice in charity was linked to the ITV soap.<\/p>\n

“Now, I don’t usually do videos like this, but I have a massive favour to ask and I really hope that you can help,” he said in a clip posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n

“I’ve signed up to do the Manchester Marathon. I signed up last week, so I’m really cutting it short. I’ve got two weeks to train, I’m gonna give it my best shot.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “The charity I’m gonna be doing it for is Charlie’s Promise, which means a heck of a lot to me.<\/p>\n

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“We did a lot of work with them when we did the knife prevention story on Corrie. They’re doing unbelievable work, so that’s what’s gonna get me through this marathon.<\/p>\n

“I’m gonna give it my best shot, like I said, for an amazing cause. And if you can help, it’d be greatly appreciated.”<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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