A BELOVED Coronation Street star is filming his final scenes today as his character is killed off, The Sun can reveal.

Popular soap star Colson Smith has been written out of the ITV soap after 14 years of playing Craig Tinker.

The news that actor Colson would be leaving Corrie hit the headlines earlier this year.

The Sun then revealed how the character was set to be killed off. leaving the soap star no chance of returning to the cobbles.

Now, that time has come for Colson to bow out of the famous ITV show forever.

The Sun can exclusively reveal that the soap star is filming his final scenes TODAY.

A Coronation Street source told us: “It’s an incredible emotional day – Colson is going onto set for the last time and wrapping up his scenes.

“It’s the end of an era and there will be lots of tears this afternoon.

“He’s throwing a huge party later to celebrate his time on the show – he’s made an epic playlist and the drinks will be flowing for the cast.”.

KILLED OFF

The Sun revealed earlier this month how Colson’s character Craig would be killed off in a dramatic storyline that will air this summer.

A source told us: “Craig has grown up on the street and he’s become part of it so it was a tough decision to make but one that will be worth it.

“PC Tinker will meet his maker in heroic circumstances this summer and there won’t be a dry eye in the house when it goes out.

“Colson is taking it well and there’s a real feeling that this chapter is closing for him and there are bigger and brighter things ahead.”

SAYING GOODBYE

The actor addressed his exit in an emotional statement earlier this year.

He wrote on Instagram: “Autumn last year I was told that Craig Tinker’s time on the Cobbles is to come to end in 2025.

“I’ve loved every single second of my 14 year stay as a resident on the greatest street in the world.

“I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up in, on and around Coronation Street.

“I’ve learned pretty much everything about life from the people who call it home.

“I’m excited to play out the exit story for our Craigy. For me, this is the end of the beginning.

“I genuinely can’t wait to see what chapter two has in store for me.”

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠.𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬

Colson joined the cast of Coronation Street as Craig Tinker in 2011, when he was just 13-years-old.

Over the years, viewers have seen his character at the centre of various hard-hitting storylines.

This included being bullied as a schoolboy to becoming a policeman and battling OCD.