From BBC News Coronation Street actor William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, has been arrested on
suspicion of the rape of an under-age girl in the 1960s, the Press Association
is reporting.
An 81-year-old man, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, is being questioned at a Lancashire Police station, the force confirmed.
The offences are alleged to have been committed in Haslingden between April and July 1967, officers said.
Mr Roache, who has played Ken Barlow in the soap since 1960, has not commented.
A Coronation Street spokesman said: "Given that a police investigation is under way it would not be appropriate to comment."
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "We take all allegations of sexual abuse extremely seriously and would encourage people with any information about sexual abuse, or anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse, to come forward and report their concerns confident in the knowledge they will be investigated appropriately and with sensitivity."
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