Samia joy at engagement

CONGRATULATIONS to soap actress Samia Ghadie, right, who has announced her engagement to Sylvain Longchambon. The Coronation Street star, who met Sylvain when she competed on Dancing On Ice in 2013, took to Twitter to spill the beans.

“So @ slongchambon and I have some more happy news to share,” wrote Samia, 32, who is expecting a baby with ice- skater Sylvain, 34.

She has already been sent excited messages from her Corrie friends including Catherine Tyldesley, who wrote: “Congrats momma! Awesome news.”

The couple’s relationship attracted a lot of attention when it began. Sylvain was dating Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe when they first met and the couple were faced with cheating allegations, something they have always denied.

Samia, who has a five- year- old daughter Freya from her first marriage, previously told OK! magazine: “I just wanted to scream out that we’ve not done anything wrong. We have not cheated.”

Jennifer was apparently left reeling when Sylvain left her.

Samia recently gushed about Sylvain: “He’s laid- back and loyal and he’s gorgeous too, which helps.

“We’ve just always got each other. He makes me crack up. He’s brilliant.”