Inside Soap Awards 2024 WINNERS: Coronation Street is named Best Soap and its heart-wrenching motor neurone disease storyline dominates with Peter Ash winning Best Actor

TV fans have named Coronation Street their Best Soap for 2024 - in a huge night for the ITV show, which saw it take home a whopping six trophies. The Cobbles' emotional Motor Neurone Disease storyline, which dominated the night, saw Peter Ash take home Best Actor for his portrayal of Paul Foreman. The tragic storyline was widely recognised at the ceremony, also scooping up the Best Storyline award and the Best Partnership Award for Daniel Brocklebank and Peter Ash's roles as husbands Billy Mayhew and Paul Foreman. The tragic storyline was widely recognised at the ceremony, also scooping up the Best Storyline award and the Best Partnership Award for Daniel Brocklebank and Peter Ash's roles as husbands Billy Mayhew and Paul Foreman Elsewhere, Emmerdale's Eden Taylor-Draper won Best Actress for her performance as marital coercive control victim Belle King In harrowing scenes, Tom has abused and manipulated Belle, with the drama coming to a head when she finally decided to leave him Best Showstopper – awarded to a showcase episode – went to EastEnders for their Christmas Day instalment in which Linda Carter killed Keanu Taylor, kicking off the on-going murder conspiracy of 'The Six' Inside Soap readers named actress Balvinder Sopal their Soap Superstar of 2024, for her performance as EastEnders' Suki Panesar Pictured: Balvinder Sopal after bagging her Soap Superstar award Navin Chowdhry was named Best Villain for his sinister turn as Walford's Nish Panesar Meanwhile, the first ever Inside Soap Award for Best Pet went to Minnie, who plays Belle's dog Piper in the show, another victim of evil Tom King's mind games with Belle Meanwhile, the first ever Inside Soap Award for Best Pet went to Minnie, who plays Belle's dog Piper in the show, another victim of evil Tom King's mind games with Belle. Young Hollyoaks star Isabelle Smith won Best Newcomer Isabelle took home the award for her portrayal of Frankie Osborne in the soap's hard-hitting storyline of sibling sexual abuse Meanwhile, Adam Thomas won Best Drama Star for his role as Donte Charles in Waterloo Road And the magazine awarded its prestigious Outstanding Achievement prize to a group rather than an individual for the very first time, paying tribute to The Cast and Crew of Doctors Inside Soap readers named actress Balvinder Sopal their Soap Superstar of 2024, for her performance as EastEnders' Suki Panesar.