Coronation Street's Dennis Stringer actor swaps cobbles for the council in career change

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Coronation Street actor Charles Dale reveals the unusual huge career change he has made after 20 years as a soap star. The actor played Dennis Stringer on the show from 2000 to 2002, until his shocking and dramatic exit from the show.

Now, Charles has swapped acting for politics and is now up for election in his local council. However, the 59-year-old has admitted this isn’t the end for his acting career and he definitely isn’t retiring.

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Charles took to Twitter to open up on his surprising career move and penned: “Long story short, I am standing for election for my local council.” "Today a staff member from my local paper came into my shop (another long story, and no, I haven’t retired) and asked me if I wanted to pay £50 to have my name and contact details put in the paper alongside the other candidates. "I said 'no thank you', now I don’t know about what you, but I think that’s something a local paper should perhaps “report on” rather than charge for." His fans were delighted that the TV star was hoping to make an impact on his community.