Did Coronation Street 'lack the courage' to keep Hayley alive?

Critics divided on whether soap tackled euthanasia debate bravely or stoked a ‘faux controversy'

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A CONTROVERSIAL euthanasia storyline reached its conclusion on Coronation Street last night, winning high praise from television critics – but some say it fell short of tackling the assisted suicide debate head on.

Suffering from terminal cancer, the much-loved soap character Hayley Cropper – played by Julie Hesmondhalgh – took a cocktail of drugs to end her life, with her husband Roy at her side.

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