Anne Kirkbride told she's got "job for life" as Corrie's Deirdre

There's a story in today's Sun that says Coronation Street actor Anne Kirkbride has been told by ITV she's got a "job for life" playing Deirdre Barlow.

While this is excellent news for fans of Deirdre, the article says that Anne was reduced to tears when police took William Roache in for questioning.

The Sun says: "... bosses spotted Anne was upset and decided to let her know how important she is to the show. Anne was called in by new executive producer Stuart Blackburn, who told her: “You are here for as long as you want to be.”He also said he plans to allow her character to develop into a Weatherfield legend — just like her screen mum, Blanche Hunt, played by the late Maggie Jones".

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Wedding bells for Peter and Carla on Corrie?

There's paparazzi pictures online of Coronation Street filming of Peter and Carla - outside a jewellry shop in Manchester.

The pics show Carla dragging Peter into the ring shop by his tie but he's got a smile on his face so he's not objecting too much, it seems.

The Mail Online have the pics - check them out here.

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Stella Price fan wanted to write blog post in her favour

Here on the Coronation Street Blog we have a team of over 10 bloggers. And none of us have a decent word to say about Stella Price, and never have. 

We've come in for some flack in the comments left by readers of the Coronation Street Blog for never posting anything positive about St Ella of the back room - so here's your chance.

If you're a  Stella fan and want to write a blog post for us about why you rate her and why we should stop knocking her, email me at glenda.young@btinternet.com with  a few paragraphs in her defence.  The best ones will get posted.

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Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street, June 3-7

Without any piffle, here's the storyline for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less.

Week of Monday 3 to Friday 7 June

Dev gets suspicious over Sunita’s death, Rob sells factory shares to Carla, Tommy offers to look after Tina and baby Jake, Eileen panics over Paul, Sally gets stood up and Marcus comes out – again!

The full weekly preview, with loads of pictures is right here on Corrie.net

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