"Some of Deirdre's closest friends and her family will be there to pay their respects."

Coronation Street legend Anne Kirkbride is up for a British Soap Award nearly four months after her death.

Coronation Street bosses will pay tribute to the late Anne Kirkbride by keeping her name plate on her dressing room door.

Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride has told a jury that her on-screen husband William Roache was “always a perfect gentleman” around her.

Coronation Street stars today defended William Roache at his sex assault trial.