DanRussell published William Roache leads Coronation Street cast at memorial service...

Ilkeston actor William Roache was one of hundreds of celebrities who paid a final farewell to Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride.The 83-year-old, who plays Ken Barlow in the ITV soap, attended a memorial service at Manchester Cathedral on Saturday morning.His co-star Ann Kirkbride, who played his on-screen wife Deirdre, died on January, aged 60, after a battle with cancer.In the 1980s, one of the soap's most famous storylines hinged on whether she would stay with Ken Barlow.In a moving...