A CHARITY set up to support mothers with children in care in Winsford has welcomed a Coronation Street star as its new ambassador.

Sally Carman, who plays single mum Abi Franklin, was asked to represent Motherwell Cheshire Believe Project because of her role in the soap

The 39-year-old’s onscreen character struggles with drink and drugs and becomes involved with an abusive man who fathers her twins.

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