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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Salmon

Actor Will Mellor: ‘Everybody should be given a chance at a long and healthy life’

Campaigning for improved life expectancy: Will Mellor (Radski Photography/PA) -

Will Mellor is proud of his working-class roots.

But the Broadchurch actor, who was brought up on a Stockport council estate, is all-too-aware that growing up in less-affluent areas like he did can have long-term effects on health and life expectancy – and he’s grateful that he’s been successful enough to move out to the countryside to bring up his two children.

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