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Maureen Lipman, 78, wins Comic Performance for the fourth year running at the Inside Soap Awards as she makes her first public appearance since confirming engagement to boyfriend David Turner


The Coronation Street actress was making her first public appearance since confirming her engagement to business consultant boyfriend David Turner.

But she was back at work, at least in a manner of speaking, as the annual Inside Soap Awards got underway at London's Salsa Temple, where she was joined by her Coronation Street co-stars. Screen veteran Lipman, who has played Evelyn Plummer on the soap since 2018, opted for a collared shirt dress for her night out at the venue, a vibrant cocktail bar on Victoria Embankment. 'In truth I had been rather against the "M" word, but on a train coming back from Edinburgh he mentioned that it was the minor festival of Tu B’Av – a day when a Jewish woman can ask a man to marry her.

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