Beverley Callard says she has completed radiotherapy after cancer diagnosis

Beverley Callard has said she has finished her last radiotherapy session after her breast cancer diagnosis.

The Coronation Street actress, 69, said she had been diagnosed with the disease in February and began radiotherapy earlier this month.

Announcing the news in an Instagram video, Callard said: “I’ve done it, I’ve just finished my last radiotherapy session, fingers crossed.

“That was number ten for me and lots of people have to have lots more, I know that.

“But for now, that’s finished so hopefully, don’t know for sure, but hopefully I won’t need any more.”

Callard’s husband Jon McEwan, who filmed the video, was then heard saying: “Positive thinking, darling, that’s it.”

The actress added: “To be honest, I feel a bit numb.

“Yesterday I really struggled, but today I’ve been fine.

“I’ve got to see the professor again in two months and then I’ll know a lot more and mammograms and oncologists and all that, but radiotherapy is finished for now, so I’m really thrilled.

“I’m not going to celebrate tonight, we’re too tired, we can’t be bothered.

“I’m going to put scruffy clothes on and just sit and watch TV with a cup of tea.”

In the video caption, the soap star wrote: “And that’s a wrap on radiotherapy! 10 sessions over and done with!

“Lots more appointments down the line but for now…I’m so happy for it to be over!”

Callard is best known for her role as Liz McDonald in Coronation Street.

She played the character on and off from 1989 to 2020 for more than 2,000 episodes.

The actress and her husband Jon moved to Ireland earlier this year after she took the role of Lily Patterson in Irish soap opera Fair City.