Corrie "May be sold off by ITV"

The Sunday Express reports that the longest running soap may be sold off by Granada Television due to a crisis with funding brought about by the dire economy. Instead of being produced by ITV's production company it would be sold to an independant company to save costs.

This comes only days after it was reported that Emmerdale was likely to be retracted to filming in Manchester rather than Yorkshire...spelling almost definate closure for Yorkshire TV.