Coronation Street icon Dame Maureen Lipman is engaged after popping the question her partner David Turner. The 78-year-old actress usually keeps quiet about her private life, but has revealed she asked for David's hand in marriage after a glitzy event she attended alongside Queen Camilla.

Coronation Street star Dame Maureen Lipman has revealed she's engaged after she popped the question to her partner David Turner while on a train

Coronation Street royalty Maureen Lipman has revealed she is engaged - after getting down on one knee and proposing to her partner David Turner on a long train journey. The Evelyn Plummer actress said she slid between the table that separated the pair and asked for his hand in marriage, explaining: "To my surprise and slight panic, he gave it.”

Yorkshire-born Coronation Street star Maureen Lipman has revealed she's set to wed at 78 after having popped the question to boyfriend David Turner on a train.

Tributes are being paid to the actor Geoffrey Hinsliff, best known for playing Don Brennan in Coronation Street, who has died at the age of 87. Hinsliff, who was born in Leeds, first found fame in the ITV soap in 1987 with his cobbles career lasting a decade.