Thelma Ruby made the threat at a residents’ meeting in Southfields having previously said that her life would be “ruined” by building work and she is happy to be arrested for protesting

Thelma Ruby, 99, who played Clarice in Coronation Street, has vowed to chain herself to the gates of Wimbledon in protest.

A 99-year-old actress has promised to “chain myself to the ground” if Wimbledon’s controversial expansion goes ahead. Thelma Ruby, who appeared in Coronation Street and on stage alongside Topol and Orson Welles,