Coronation Street star Shayne Ward has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation to front its DECHOX campaign, and is challenging the nation to join him and give up chocolate for March, to help raise £1m for life saving heart research.

Ward commented 'I didn't think I was a chocoholic until I realised my occasional treat had become an everyday habit. For self-confessed chocoholics like me, March is not going to be easy with Easter pending but the money raised will help the British Heart Foundation fund more research to help the millions of people fighting a daily battle with heart disease'.