Mel Morton

Police Officer Melanie "Mel" Morton is the more responsible member of her roguish family, and is close to her twin brother Darryl, although he was horrified after Mel announced that she intended to join the police. David Platt developed a crush on Mel. When she was going to meet him at the cinema Sarah Platt told Mel about his crush on her and about previous relationships he had had. Mel stood him up, and to get his revenge he spread gossip that he had slept with Mel. He was eventually dragged into Jerry's takeaway by Gail Platt to apologise to Mel. In February 2008, Mel became WPC Morton, joining her friend Abi Sharpe. Mel has argued and took great dislike to her mother when she returned in May 2008, to help care for Kayleigh and Finlay after Jerry had suffered from a heart attack and recovered while he was in hospital.

Behind the scenes
The Morton family were axed from the show in April 2008 and will be leaving in the Autumn, it has been revealed that before the character leaves the soap she will be involved in a hugely dramatic storyline where Abi and Mel get attacked by a gang of girls.