A CORONATION Street star has welcomed a baby boy and revealed his name in sweet pictures.

Paula Lane is best known for playing Kylie Platt in the ITV soap until she was killed off in 2016.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, Paula, 39, shared the happy news with her fans.

In her message, Paula was seen cradling her newborn, with just a pale blue knitted hat visible over the top of his white winter baby coat.

Paula looked the picture of content and happiness as she looked down at her son while wearing a colourful checked scarf and grey top.

She captioned the snap: “Welcome to the ranch Patrick. We are all completely and utterly in love. So longed for…thank you for completing us.”

Included in the post was three emojis; a blue heart, a four leaf clover and a rainbow.

Her husband, fellow soap actor Tom Shaw, was also featured in a series of charming pictures.

Paula was most recently seen on screen in rival ITV soap Emmerdale, where she played Ella Forster until last year.

She was congratulated by her former colleagues from both soaps, with Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley writing: “Sending the hugest amount of love to you Tom and the children from Me and Al…..Patrick will be loved and loved some more CONGRATULATIONS.”

Laura Norton added: “Amazing congrats beautiful.”

Meanwhile Vicky Myers from Coronation Street wrote: “Congratulations xx” and former Cobbles star Natalie Gumede added: “Congratulations Paula, lots of love xx.”

Paula and Tom tied the knot in 2014.

The couple already have son Arthur, 11, and daughter Penny, nine, together.

Another picture shared by Paula showed Tom cradling his tiny son in one arm, and a bottle of whiskey in the other as he beamed at the camera.

Paula had announced her pregnancy back in August, posting a picture of her baby scan alongside cards to her two children, Paula wrote: “Some special news to share from us @sirtomshaw.

“Christmas just got a bit more magical. Our baby boy due December 2025.”