'Everyone should learn it': Corrie stars appear at British Sign Language Festival in Manchester

Coronation Street actors Cherylee Houston and Dolly-Rose Campbell have spoken at the British Sign Language (BSL) Festival in Manchester.

The festival, in Cathedral Gardens, runs alongside the annual British Deaf Association conference, also in Manchester this year.

Organisers say the aim of the festival is to showcase BSL to the general public.

BSL only became recognised as a legal language two years ago.

Both Cherylee and Dolly-Rose have had to learn BSL for their parts in Coronation Street.

And Dolly Rose says taking up sign language can help everyone, not just deaf people.