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 Maureen Lipman has revealed she's engaged after she popped the question to her partner David Turner while 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.

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,

Coronation Street’s Dame Maureen Lipman is engaged to be married. The veteran actress, 78, has played the part of Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall) grandmother Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap since 2018. And the soap star revealed that she first asked David Turner for his hand on a train as a joke – and Mr Turner,