'Coronation Street' star Betty Driver's funeral details announced

Coronation Street legend Betty Driver's funeral will take place on Saturday, it has been announced.

The popular actress, who played Rovers Return barmaid Betty Williams for 42 years, passed away last weekend following a period of ill health. She was 91.

Driver's funeral will be held at St Ann's Church in St Ann's Square, Manchester at 11.30am on Saturday.

The service will be attended by hundreds of the star's friends and colleagues who worked with her throughout her career on Coronation Street, and previously as a big band singer and film actress.

Details of speakers at the service are expected to be announced on Saturday.

Tributes have been pouring in for Driver over the past few days following the news of her passing. On Monday evening, ITV1 screened documentary The Betty Driver Story in the star's memory.

Coronation Street bosses have also promised to give the actress a "brilliant and magnificent" send-off when her departure is written into scripts in the New Year.

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