Corrie to addres thorny question - where's Ken?

'Coronation Street' will finally explain Ken Barlow's absence from the show next week as actor Bill Roache faces trial over indecent assault.

The ITV soap will address the character's abrupt departure from ongoing storylines when his wife Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) tells his daughter Tracy (Kate Ford) that Ken has flown to Canada to take care of his poorly grandson, Adam, who has suffered a shock collapse.