CORONATION Street star Vicky Entwistle went through a real-life drama yesterday when two "valuable and sentimental" rings were stolen from a tanning salon.

The Oswaldtwistle actress, who now lives in the Ribble Valley, said she was "gutted" at the theft and is putting up a reward of £300 for their return. One ring was an engagement ring from a former fiance and the other was a prayer ring.

Vicky -- better known as firebrand factory worker Janice Battersby in the hit soap -- was at the Tanning Centre, in Water Street, Accrington, topping up her tan for the forthcoming wedding of pal Tracey Shaw, who plays Maxine.

She said she took off all her jewellery while on the sunbed placing it on a chair in the enclosed cubicle. While driving back to the studios in Manchester she remembered she had forgotten to pick up her rings and when she got back to the centre Vicky was told they had been stolen.

Vicky said: "It was when I looked at my hands I realised I had forgotten them and went straight back. I panicked, they are very sentimental, but when I got back they had gone.

"I am really upset, I have lived in Accrington all my life and I would never be able to do this."

Police are keen to trace two women who went in immediately after the star yesterday around 2.30pm. Staff said they had not made an appointment and they did not have their details although police are hoping CCTV cameras in the town will have picked them up.

The only description of them was they were white and one was pushing a pram.

The engagement ring is platinum with square diamonds with a princess cut. The other was a prayer ring, gold and white gold with movable squares on.

Contact PC Jane Lawrenson at Accrington Police on 01254 382141 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.