Actress Shelley King is leaving Coronation Street after more than a decade, the PA news agency understands.

Coronation Street star Shelley King has quit the ITV soap after 11 years playing Yasmeen Nazir for 11 years on the cobbles - and will leave Weatherfield later this year

Yasmeen Metcalfe is waving goodbye to the cobbles later this year and, according to reports, Shelley King has already filmed her final scenes which will air this spring

Shelley King, who has played Yasmeen Nazir on Coronation Street since 2014 - has sensationally quit the long-running ITV soap - which airs on Virgin Media in Ireland - after a number of other high-profile stars also walked away

Coronation Street's Yasmeen Nazir is set to leave Weatherfield in the coming weeks, with actress Shelley King reportedly having quit the ITV soap after 11 years

Shelley King has played Yasmeen Metcalfe for more than a decade