Moving update on Coronation Street icon Julie Goodyear's dementia battle

The partner of the late Coronation Street icon Roy Barraclough has spoken out about his close-friend Julie Goodyear’s life with dementia. It was revealed last July that Julie, who is better known to millions as feisty, leopard-print clad landlady Bet Lynch in the ITV soap, had been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative condition. Bet first appeared in a guest capacity in 1966, before joining the Rovers Return lineup on a more permanent basis alongside the legendary Annie Walker (Doris Speed) and …