Tributes are being paid to Geoffrey Hinsliff, the actor best known for his role as Don Brennan in the popular soap Coronation Street

Tributes have been paid to former Coronation Street star Geoffrey Hinsliff following his death at the age of 86. The Leeds-born actor played cabbie Don Brennan in the ITV soap for 10 years from 1987, with audiences gripped by his tempestuous on-screen relationship with Ivy, played by the late Lynne Perrie.

Joseph Wandera, 27, was a promising actor who had roles in Coronation Street, Scott and Bailey, and Moving On, his inquest heard. He was on holiday in Costa Rica when he died

Coronation Street star Geoff Hinsliff has died aged 87, the soap has confirmed. Hinsliff, best known for playing the Don Brennan on the cobbles from 1987 to 1997, died this week. Helen Worth, who plays Gail Platt on the long-running soap,