Marc Anwar has been fired from Coronation Street after sending a series of racially offensive tweets.

Marc allegedly sent out tweets from his private Twitter account, that hit out at India and called for Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.

ITV released a statement regarding the tweets: "We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar."

"We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect."

Marc's character in Coronation Street is in the middle of an important plot in the show.

The writers will have an interesting time dealing with the character's exit from the show.