A Coronation Street star will be officially opening Hyndburn Conservatives’ new association office this weekend.

William Roache MBE will be unveiling Hyndburn Tory candidate Kevin Horkin’s General Election headquarters, on Union Street, Accrington on Saturday, February 14.

Mr Horkin is contesting the Hyndburn and Haslingden seat along with other declared candidates, incumbent Labour MP Graham Jones, and the Green Party’s Kerry Gormley.