'Naughty friends at work': Coronation Street stars

Coronation Street stars have accidentally revealed the new Rovers Return by posting photos on Twitter.
The ITV soap’s iconic pub was set alight by Weatherfield bad boy Karl Munro - played by John Michie - last month.
But the cast have given fans a glimpse at the new set through the social-networking site and TV bosses are furious the secret is blown.

'Naughty friends at work': Coronation Street bosses have banned the stars from taking photos on set and posting them on Twitter after Simon Gregson gave a sneak peak of the new Rovers Return on the site 

A show insider told The Sun newspaper: 'The Twitter stuff has been getting out of hand recently, with people posting all kinds of photos which could be detrimental to the show.
'The bosses would rather people didn’t know what the Rovers looks like ahead of time, and these snaps clearly blew that.'
One of the photos leaked by Simon Gregson - known as cabbie Steve McDonald - shows Kym Lomas (Michelle Connor), Craig Charles (Lloyd Mullaney) and Alison King (Carla Connor) eating peanuts in the newly decorated boozer, despite the rule being no mobile phones on set.
Simon seemed to know they may end up in trouble, with a caption attached to the photo reading: 'Naughty friends at work I give it 3 minutes before we're told off (sic).'

New interior: A picture was also tweeted showing Tony Hirst sitting in the pub, causing show bosses to clamp down on cast tweets

The source added: 'Mobile phones are not allowed on set as part of general studio protocol.
'The memo that mentioned this was not prompted by a specific incident.'
Another photo shows Tony Hirst sitting in the newly decorated pub, which leaves viewers questioning whether his character Paul will leave the cobbles following the traumatic event - in which his friend and colleague Toni died - and he broke-up with Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver).
The entire set of the soap is currently being rebuilt in the Salford area of Manchester, north west England, to give it a fresh look.

Ignoring rules: Simon Gregson was one of the stars to misbehave by sharing on set photos with his online fans

The sneak peaks of the interior come a week after Coronation Street bosses released the first picture of MediaCityUK, where they are building their new set in Salford and moving from Manchester.
And although the sprawling 7.7-acre base is still under construction, some of the Street's famous landmarks and houses are starting to take shape as some of the nation's treasured soap landmarks.
A spokesman for the award-winning soap said every landmark must be copied faithfully and builders are laying up to 11,000 cobbles, 19,000 bricks and using seven colours of mortar so it will stand up to scrutiny on HD TV screens.

New set: Weatherfield is being rebuilt in Salford after moving from Manchester, with construction now fully underway until the end of the year

It makes a change from when producers shot the very first episode of the soap in 1960 in an indoor studio so basic the now famous cobbles were painted on the studio floor.
While the new set will retain all the key features of the old, it will be built to a larger ratio in order to allow greater production flexibilities during the daily shoots.
The Rovers Return, The Kabin, Dev's corner shop and more will all find their new home at the site which will be built using the best building materials possible for more vibrant visibility in HD quality.

Although the new Weatherfield is really beginning to take shape, the finished site won't be ready until next year at the earliest, with construction taking place until the end of the year.