The new centre will give the comedy legend's archive a permanent home in his home city of Liverpool.

Sir Ken Dodd performed at the City Varieties for decades from the 1950s until the 1980s.

Sir Ken Dodd's foundation will help to fund a learning space at Blackpool's new Showtown museum.

The late comedian told her to burn hundreds of private books he filled with jokes and observations.

The comic's shows at The Grand Theatre in Blackpool helped to save it from demolition in the 1970s.

The Earl of Wessex opens a refurbished community hall funded by the late Sir Ken Dodd.