Joseph Wandera, 27, who had appeared in Coronation Street, collapsed and died after taking a cocktail of drugs at a dance festival in Costa Rica, an inquest heard

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.”

Tributes have been paid to former Coronation Street star Geoffrey Hinsliff following his death at the age of 86. The Leeds-born actor played cabbie Don Brennan in the ITV soap for 10 years from 1987, with audiences gripped by his tempestuous on-screen relationship with Ivy, played by the late Lynne Perrie.

This was Geoff Hinsliff's final Coronation Street scene after the actor died aged 87.Source: Coronation Street, ITV

Coronation Street star Geoffrey Hinsliff has died aged 86, his family have confirmed. The actor played taxi driver Donald "Don" Brennan in the long-running ITV soap, in the 1980s and 1990s, and was known for his romantic relationship with Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie).

Coronation Street star Geoff Hinsliff has died aged 87, the soap has confirmed. Hinsliff, best known for playing the Don Brennan on the cobbles from 1987 to 1997, died this week. Helen Worth, who plays Gail Platt on the long-running soap,

Coronation Street star Geoff Hinsliff has passed away at age 87, the soap has confirmed. The actor, best known for playing Don Brennan on the show between 1987 and 1997, died earlier this week, according to The Independent.