Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent has ended her four-year engagement to footballer Kean Bryan after a decade together, with sources telling the Daily Mail the relationship had become "toxic" in its final months. Insiders say Vincent, 34, had been threatening to leave the former West Bromwich Albion defender, 29, for some time, with tensions escalating after his career was cut short by a serious ACL injury and he reportedly turned to partying rather than pursuing new opportunities while she focused on their children and her acting career.

The couple, who share two sons, Mexx, six, and Monroe, four, have unfollowed each other on Instagram, and Vincent has been seen without her engagement ring. She had hinted at the split in an August Bank Holiday Instagram post referencing "an ending and a beginning", notably featuring no photos of Bryan. The breakdown is being compared to the earlier split of her former co-star Helen Flanagan and footballer Scott Sinclair, which similarly turned acrimonious. Vincent's split comes as she embarks on a new acting role in Hollyoaks, having returned to full-time television in July after leaving Coronation Street seven years ago to have her children.