Violet Carson News Today

A Coronation Street fan has impressively rated every single hairstyle sported by Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) across the last twenty years.

How the Smiths frontman made a bid for soap stardom...

The  Beatles new single has generated huge interest. But this is as nothing to the furore of June 1965 when the Fab Four were awarded MBEs by the Queen in the Birthday Honours list.

Fans of the ITV soap checking in for the £35 studio visit in Manchester cannot buy anything – from a cup of tea in the cafe to souvenirs in the gift shop – unless paying by card

After landing the part of Rita in 1964, the soap legend admits she thought would be 'forever' - but producers quickly axed the character and Barbara did not return for eight years

Violet Carson married her high-school sweetheart in a small North Carolina town and raised two children in a three-bedroom ranch.

Violet Carson married her high-school sweetheart in a small North Carolina town and raised two children in a three-bedroom ranch.

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Rough and ready Len Fairclough boozed and brawled his way through the early years of Coronation Street to become a firm favourite with fans of the soap.

All across the region, there were examples this year of people in the community finding ways to lift each other up and help each other out.