Coronation Street actor Joseph Wandera collapsed and died after taking a cocktail of drugs at a dance festival in Costa Rica, an inquest heard. The promising star, 27, played a car buyer in the ITV soap. He passed away in January this year after having a seizure, an inquest heard.

Joseph Wandera, 27, who had appeared in Coronation Street, collapsed and died after taking a cocktail of drugs at a dance festival in Costa Rica, an inquest heard

An inquest was told that Joseph Wandera, 27, died after taking a cocktail of ecstasy and ketamine while at a dance music festival in Costa Rica

Tributes are being paid to the actor Geoffrey Hinsliff, best known for playing Don Brennan in Coronation Street, who has died at the age of 87. Hinsliff, who was born in Leeds, first found fame in the ITV soap in 1987 with his cobbles career lasting a decade. ITV bosses confirmed the actor died at the weekend.

Joseph Wandera was just 30 years old when he died after taking MDMA and ketamine during a holiday in Costa Rica with friends, an inquest heard

Joseph Wandera, 27, was a promising actor who had roles in Coronation Street, Scott and Bailey, and Moving On, his inquest heard. He was on holiday in Costa Rica when he died

Promising actor Joseph Wandera, 27, tragically died while on holiday for a dance festival with friends in Costa Rica in 2022 after taking a concoction of unknown drugs