British Soap Awards 2018: Phillip Schofield reveals he’s won first trophy as he hosts the show for the 10th time

PHILLIP Schofield has revealed he's won his own Soap Award as he hosts the show for the 10th time.

The This Morning presenter has been honoured for fronting the prizegiving for a decade.

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Phil presented the British Soap Awards 2018 tonight, marking his 10th year as host of the show.

He revealed he was actually among the honourees this evening as he was given a prize.

The telly veteran showed off his gong in a post on Instagram today.

He uploaded a video of his shiny trophy, which is emblazoned with the words Longest Serving Host.

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Phil wrote: "Awww my own award (not for the telly!) thanks team.

"The real @thebritishsoapawards..."

The awards were held tonight at the Hackney Empire theatre in London.

Helen Flanagan was among the first to hit the red carpet as she showed off her new engagement ring.

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She walked the red carpet with her new fiance Scott Sinclair.

The Coronation Street actress - who is due to give birth any day now - looked glowing in a long white gown for the British Soap Awards.

Scott popped the question on a romantic trip to Disneyland Paris this week, where he got down on one knee in front of the fairytale castle.

She joined her co-stars tonight for the Soap Awards to cheer on Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) for best actor and Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt) for best actress.

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Coronation Street stars Connor McIntyre and  Sue Cleaver were seen making their way down to London for the Soap Awards today after Pat Phelan’s on-screen death.

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It was the first time Connor and Sue - who played husband and wife on the soap - had been seen out in public since last night's Corrie episode, where Connor's soap villain character, Pat Phelan, was finally killed off.

Hosted by Phil, the Soap Awards is this year celebrating its 20th anniversary.

For the first time ever the awards were shown live on TV at 8pm.

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