Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was born on 8 November 1927 in a former farmhouse in Knotty Ash, a suburb of Liverpool, to Arthur Dodd and Sarah (née Gray); where his parents lived. He had an older brother, ...

A multi-million pound scheme to create a "happiness centre" in honour of legendary Liverpool comedian Sir Ken Dodd will not go ahead after failing to secure funding. Proposals for the £15m centre, ...