Loros hospice patron and Coronation Street star Bill Roache has been arrested over claims he raped a 15-year-old girl in 1967.
The 81-year-old actor, who plays Ken Barlow in the soap, was arrested this morning at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "An 81-year-old man from Wilmslow in Cheshire has this morning, Wednesday, 1st May 2013, been arrested by Lancashire Constabulary on suspicion of rape.
"The man will be interviewed at a police station in Lancashire during the course of the day.
"The offences are alleged to have been committed in Haslingden between April and July 1967 and to involve a girl aged 15 years.
"We take all allegations of sexual abuse extremely seriously and would encourage people with any information about sexual abuse, or anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse, to come forward and report their concerns confident in the knowledge they will be investigated appropriately and with sensitivity."
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