Betty Driver: Here to stay. Pic: ITV
Coronation Street veteran Betty Driver has revealed that she plans to stay on the soap beyond its 50th anniversary celebrations.
The star joined the Weatherfield drama in 1969 as Betty Williams.
Earlier this year the 90-year-old actress had suggested that she would like to retire.
According to the News Of The World, Driver told a friend: "If my health holds up I want to get through this year and take a big part in the anniversary celebrations.
"Then my plans are to put my feet up and have a long overdue rest."
However, Betty has recently been assured of her place on the show by new producer Phil Collinson.
She told the Manchester Evening News: "I'm not leaving. You'll have to shoot me to get rid of me. I'm 90 and I aim to be 100 and still working."
Driver was responding to the likelihood of her character being killed off in the show's tram crash storyline later this year.
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