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Isabella, William and Amelia star in Emmerdale and Coronation Street (Pictures: Instagram/Jude Riordan)

The mother of soap child stars Isabella Flanagan, William Flanagan and Amelia Flanagan revealed her reservations about being perceived as a ‘pushy parent.’

Isabella and William’s older sister, Amelia, plays April Windsor in Emmerdale, the daughter of Marlon (Mark Charnock).

While Isabella and William who play Joseph Brown and Hope Stape in Corrie.

Their parents Rachel and Chris gave a little insight on how they deal with all three children being in the biggest soaps in the country.

When asked if they were worried about how others viewed them as parents, their Dad Chris told OK!: ‘Yes, that has been a reservation, thinking people might say, “Here they are, pushing their kids” or thinking we’re making a fortune from them. But that’s absolutely not the case.

Rachel added: ‘I’m getting better at not feeling like I have to justify myself to people. Casting directors see hundreds of kids, and it’s ridiculously hard to get a part, and it’s also difficult to last this long. So they are only where they are because of them, nothing Chris and I have done. Why wouldn’t they take these opportunities?’

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This comes after Amelia revealed the iconic way she bagged a role on the hit ITV soap.

The April Windsor actress, 15, joined Emmerdale in 2014 and instantly became a hit among viewers – even winning three awards in the space of a year at the Inside Soap Awards and The British Soap Awards.

And it looks like Amelia has one thing to thank for her ongoing success – a banana costume.

When asked how she landed her dream role, she told OK!: ‘The director asked me if I could dress up as any character in the world, who would it be? I think everyone else said “a princess”, but I said “a banana” and I think that’s why I was chosen for the role.

‘Within six months April was wearing a banana costume in Emmerdale!’

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James Bulger’s evil killer Jon Venables will stay in prison after his bid for parole was rejected.

Venebles faced an appeal to determine if he could be released from jail after he was imprisoned for possessing images of child abuse.

But the Parole Board rejected his bid, with the panel ruling that it was ‘not satisfied that release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public’.

Now 41, Venebles and pal Robert Thompson shocked the nation in 1993 when they adbucted, tortured and murdered two-year-old James when they were just ten years old.

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