Coronation Street actor Bill Roache has pleaded not guilty to historical sexual offences against five girls.
The trial of the actor (81) is due to begin in the UK next January.
The veteran star denied all the charges against him at Preston Crown Court.
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He's accused of two charges of raping a girl (15) in 1967 and five charges of indecently assaulting four other girls, who were aged between 11 and 16, back in the 1960s.