Soap stars send wishes to fan recovering from virus

A woman who said she could not wait to catch up on Emmerdale after weeks on a ventilator battling coronavirus has been sent well wishes from the cast.

Barbara Frain was placed into an induced coma and needed a tracheostomy while being treated in intensive care at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.

Video messages have been sent to the 62-year-old after she said she was looking forward to catching up on the soap now she is out of hospital.