Article: Long-lost secret brother of Coronation Street star Helen; AMAZING STORY OF THE BOY FROM THE EWE TRIBE IN GHANA WHO GREW UP WITH TV'S GAIL They were parted for 18 years then met again in a supermarket.(News)

THIS is the secret brother Coronation Street star Helen Worth has kept hidden from the world for 35 years.

Helen - the soap's Gail Platt - has never spoken about Ghanaian-born Wilson Kpikpitse who was fostered by her parents.

But close friends say they formed an extraordinary bond and were inseparable for eight years as children, enjoying picnics and donkey rides together on the beaches at Morecambe, Lancs, where Helen was brought up.

She came to rely on Wilson as a big brother who looked after and protected her.

"I was very, very happy ...

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