Robert Maltby: Last News

A bouquet of red roses have been place at her resting place to mark what would have been her 37th birthday today. Her life was brutally ended just three months short of her 21st birthday.

Viewers were stunned as they claimed that Coronation Street star Mollie Gallagher was '"undermarked" after she performed an emotional skate to My Immortal by Evanescence in the semi-final of Dancing On Ice. Mollie, who plays much-loved goth Nina Lucas in the Salford-based soap, skated with her pro partner Sylvain Longchambon in honour of her emotional Corrie storyline.

Coronation Street star star Mollie Gallagher drew in compliments as she struck a pose with a new fresh blonde hair style. The actress, who plays goth Nina Lucas in the ITV soap, wowed as she showcased her blonder look.

The cast of Coronation Street dedicated its BAFTA award on Sunday to Sophie Lancaster in a moving moment at the ceremony. The best soap award was accepted by actress Sally Dynevor, Sally Webster in Corrie, who dedicated it to tragic Sophie and her mother Sylvia. Sophie was murdered in August 2007 aged 20 after being targeted along with her boyfriend Robert Maltby for wearing dreadlocked hair, dark clothing and piercings.

Coronation Street won the Best Soap & Continuing Drama gong at the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday 8 May.The ITV soap went up against Casualty, Emmerdale and Holby City in the coveted category. Corrie stars Sally Dynevor and Charlie de Melo, who play Sally Metcalfe and Imran Habeeb on the ITV soap, took to the stage to accept the gong. During the winner's speech, Sally paid tribute to campaigner Sylvia Lancaster following her passing last month.

The mother of murdered Sophie Lancaster will be laid to rest with her daughter following her sudden death. Sophie died aged 20 after being kicked to death in Lancashire because she was dressed as a goth.

Corrie's Asha Alahan actress Tanisha Gorey, at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum over the weekend.The 17-year-old actress danced the night away as she enjoyed a night off work.Tanisha posted a snap with her pal Millie, which she captioned: "Crimbo party only 4 months late :))".In the comments section, Millie wrote: "That the love of my life?!"(sic)Tanisha wrote back: "Always my baby."The two girls were complimented by their fans, with many saying how gorgeous they looked at the party.Millie has been on the soap since 2019 and has previously spoken about how her northern accent helped her bag the role.She trained at the Oldham Theatre Workshop from 11 and has a natural northern accent.But her on-screen character Kelly attended private school, and Millie feared she might have to fettle some pronunciations.She explained The Mirror: "There were lots of girls in the waiting room that looked nothing like me."They were all quite well-spoken and I’ve got a bit of a Manc twang in my voice so I was a bit like, ‘Oh no, am I going to have to play her in a different way?’"But in the end, I didn’t because my take on Kelly was while she was a private schoolgirl, I knew she did not quite fit in as the rest of them. “So I think not having that well-spoken, posh put-together voice worked quite well."Despite her tender age, Millie has been at the centre of one of Coronation Street’s most tragic storylines – the murder of Seb Franklin, based on the real-life hate crime killing of Sophie Lancaster, 20, in a park in 2007.Sylvia was the mother of Sophie, who was murdered after she and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were targeted for being goths.Since her daughter's death in 2007, aged 20, Sylvia has spent the last fifteen years campaigning

Former Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh has paid a touching tribute to Sylvia Lancaster, describing her as a 'force for good and inclusion'. Campaigning Sylvia worked tirelessly to combat prejudice, hatred and intolerance after the shocking murder of her 20-year-old daughter, Sophie, in 2007 - setting up the Sophie Lancaster Foundation in her name.

Coronation Street star Millie Gibson has paid tribute to campaigner Sylvia Lancaster following her passing on Tuesday morning. Sylvia was the mother of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered after she and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were targeted for being goths. Since her daughter's passing in 2007, aged 20, Sylvia has spent the last fifteen years campaigning to create education programmes to combat prejudice and intolerance against those from alternative subcultures.

The mother of Sophie Lancaster, who was violently murdered while trying to save her boyfriend, has died.

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