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Corrie's Millie Gibson pays tribute to Sophie Lancaster's campaigning mum after death

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Coronation Street star Millie Gibson has paid tribute to campaigner Sylvia Lancaster following her passing on Tuesday morning.

Sylvia was the mother of Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered after she and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were targeted for being goths.

Since her daughter's passing in 2007, aged 20, Sylvia has spent the last fifteen years campaigning to create education programmes to combat prejudice and intolerance against those from alternative subcultures.

She was given an OBE in 2014 for her efforts. Sadly on Tuesday morning, a statement released by the Sophie Lancaster Foundation confirmed her passing, saying it was "sudden and unexpected".

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