Corrie’s ‘Deirdre Barlow’ dies at 60

Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride — who played the part of the “legendary” Deirdre Barlow — has died.

Kirkbride, 60, who starred in the long-running soap for 44 years, died in a Manchester hospital after a short illness.

A statement on the ITV website said her husband David Beckett and the programme’s cast and crew are “heartbroken and deeply saddened”.