the actor roy barraclough has died, at the age of 81.ec gilroy in coronation street — and for performing alongside les dawson. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. i will have it seemed to. roy barraclough was alec gilroy for more than 30 years, the tightfisted theatrical agent. elizabeth and alexander... and running britain's best—known northern pub, the rovers return. alec was good at looking after the pennies and a bit short on romance. go on, kiss me. julie goodyear who played his wife said she was devastated, she treasured the lives they shared, they were, she said, just like a married couple. i can't take you anywhere. i nearly had a flush. his other long—running tv role was another on—screen double act in which he played cissie, the slightly more refined friend of les dawson's ada. new guinea, newjersey, new york, new guinea, newjersey, new york, new zealand, where do you want to 90, new zealand, where do you want to go, chuck? new brighton! he left coronation street in the late 90s but continued to act, he

the actor roy barraclough, who has died at the age of 81.. it has been quite a warm day across many parts of the country, particularly in england with temperatures up to them it 20s and some fluffy fairweather cloud as this one from oxfordshire shows —— the mid—20s. beautiful in cornwall as well but it turned across northern parts particularly the northwest with the cloud streaming in across the atlantic and low pressure, you can see this front, obscuring much of western britain. that will continue in the north—west through the night and it is slow—moving, and across much of england it will be a dry and warm night with 11! and 15 degrees and feeling close but in the morning the weather front will finally move a bit further to the east. in wales and northern ireland and south—western parts, that fresh atla ntic south—western parts, that fresh atlantic air will come in but in east anglia and the south—east as we are still just about east anglia and the south—east as we are stilljust about clinging the and humid weather. you saw some lightning

the actor roy barraclough has died at the age of 81.ife. i‘ll have it seen to. roy barraclough was alec gilroy for more than 30 years, the tightfisted theatrical agent who ended up marrying bet lynch. elizabeth and alexander... and running britain‘s best—known northern pub, the rovers return. alec was good at looking after the pennies, and a bit short on romance. go on, kiss me. julie goodyear who played his wife said she was devastated, she treasured the laughs they shared. they were, she said, just like a married couple. i can‘t take you anywhere. i nearly had a flush. his other long—running tv role was another on—screen double act in which he played cissie, the slightly more refined friend of les dawson‘s ada. new guinea, newjersey, new york, new zealand, where do you want to go, chuck? new brighton! he left coronation street in the late 90s but continued to act, here in last tango in halifax. if i'm if i‘m being honest, iam if i‘m being honest, i am with ali, disappointed. and only last year as mr granger in a one—off return of are

roy barraclough, who has died at the age of 81.school at 18, went straight into being a receptionist front of house girl. but after having my daughter, it just became impossible to juggle work and home life. sound familiar? dani bolser managed to find a creative solution. she‘sjust started her own business at her home in ilkley, selling imitation flowers online. we want to be there for the school run, and we want to be there for the parties, the playgroups, the play dates and everything. but we also want to work as well, and have a sense of self, and to give our skills back into the workforce. small, creative businesses like this one may often start on the kitchen table, but they‘re flourishing. according to new research, they make up1—in—40 businesses in the uk. women own nearly a third of them, generating some £3.6 billion for the uk economy. there are thousands of women, just like dani, who are turning their back on the traditional 9—5 job in search of flexibility, and to gain more control over their working lives. and technolog

the actor roy barraclough, who's best known for playing the landlord alec gilroy in coronation streets died at the age of 81. he was also known for his double act with les dawson, playing lancashire housewives cissie and ada. his death comes following a short illness. a surgeon who operated on many of the young victims of the manchester bombing last week has said the injuries he saw were like those sustained in war zones. dr ibrar majid, who works at royal manchester children's hospital, said he was angry that a man who claimed to share his muslim faith could have carried out such an attack. dr majid spoke to our correspondent martin bashir. it was the front line in treating the youngest victims and soon welcomed the queen, who offered support and comfort. hopefully it mends quickly. hope 50. the royal manchester children's hospital has won widespread praise for its response to the bomb attack, and leading the team of surgeons that night was dr ibrar majid, the head of trauma and orthopaedic surgery. what we saw was essentially war wounds. war wounds? yes, so the kind of wounds you wo

the actor roy barraclough, who's best known for playing the landlord alec gilroy in coronation streetn, playing lancashire housewives cissie and ada. his death comes following a short illness. a surgeon who operated on many of the young victims of the manchester bombing last week has said the injuries he saw were like those sustained in war zones. dr ibrar majid, who works at royal manchester children's hospital,

the former coronation street actor roy barraclough has died. was described as dangerous was spotted by a member of the public yesterday. scientists have poured cold water on the theory we need to wash our hands with hot water to kill germs a study found cool flows remove the same amount of harmful bacteria. researchers also found antibacterial soap is no better than normal soap, but they recommend scrubbing your hands for at least ten seconds. police have released footage of golfer tiger woods struggling to walk after leaving his car. he wasn't found to have been drinking. he blamed his state on medication. now we are waiting on that speech in teesside from theresa may. we hope to be back there soon. first let's check out there soon. first let's check out the weather. hi anita, a mix of weather. the weather has turned in north western parts. we have fresher, wetter atlantic weather. the many of us are enjoying sunshine. this is the satellite, a clear band of weather, the front moving into northern ireland and scotland. rain—bearing cloud, but m

the actor roy barraclough, who's died at the age of 81.et's turn our attention to the weather now at tomasz schafernaker. the weather has turned across north—western parts of the uk, the great sky behind me is coming in from our weather watcher in the highlands in nairn. gloomy skies on and off through the day and there is rain around. the weather is not so bad across wales, some sunshine here, a bit hazy, though, the best of the weather clear blue skies in essex. today, the 1st ofjune, marks the first day of meteorological winter, we start sooner. the weather front running in our direction, two things happening i mentioned yesterday, fresher weather in the north—west but warmer air wafting in from france and will continue to do so from france and will continue to do so through the whole day. that means that across most of england and wales it is a very pleasant and warm day. temperatures get up to 25 or 26, two hot for some. fine weather across yorkshire, 21 degrees, but look at northern ireland, south—west scotland, western scotland, and