She wanted children... he just wasn't ready':

Catherine Tyldesley has split from her toyboy lover Sam Witter, after telling him she was 'desperate to start a family'.
Earlier this month, Coronation Street star Catherine, 29, spoke about her desire to have children, admitting she wanted 'a big family.'
But according to sources, her confession to led to a series of blazing rows with her 22-year-old boyfriend, who is also her personal trainer and business partner.

 

It's over! Catherine Tyldesley and her toyboy personal trainer Sam Witter have split - friends said her desire to have a family pushed her boyfriend away

Now friends say their break-up has become 'messy' as they own a company together, Dream Partners Limited, and had planned to bring out fitness DVDS later this year.

 

A source toldThe Daily Mirror: 'They have just grown apart. The age gap was an issue because they want different things.
'Cath is at a stage where she wants to settle down and Sam is still only 22 so he just isn't ready for that sort of commitment.'

 

Single: Catherine, pictured on Wednesday, rowed with her lover after they returned from Dubai at the beginning of the year

 

 

Keeping her head down: Catherine cut something of a more subdued figure on the evening out

Catherine, who credited Sam with helping her slim down to a size 10 as recently as last week, told pals the split was a mutual decision and added both were upset at the news.
The slim blonde, who plays Eva Prince in the hit ITV soap, started dating Sam early last year and the pair frequently gushed over Twitter their love for one another.
On Thursday a joint account @SamandCath, where they frequently tweeted each other loving messages, had vanished but it is unclear what will happen to their company - their website SamandCath.com still appeared to be working on Friday morning.

 

They can't work it out: Catherine and Sam shared a mutual love of the gym and a healthy lifestyle

 

Mutual: Friends said the idea to split came after a series of rows

 

Catherine's character Eva is also going through a tough time, breaking up with Nick Tilsey and Jason Grimshaw.
Speaking last year Catherine said she always gives relationships 110 percent and in a recent interview Catherine gushed: 'When he [Sam] takes his top off, I'm like, "Oh my God!"'.

Her soap family: Catherine with co-stars Michelle Collins and John Michie