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The court heard her memory of her labour was limited due to her depression and the trauma of the delivery, but she said she gave birth alone, possibly in the bathroom of the family home in Denham Close, Croxteth, in March 1998.

In her interviews she said she had lost much of her memory about what happened next, but believes she gave birth alone in the bathroom of the family home in Denham Close, Croxteth.

Denham said the data indicated there were children with special needs who were "falling through the gaps" and were "in danger of being out of sight of the education system".

The figures were requested by county councillor Lynn Denham, during a full council meeting in November.

He began his career in the film industry in the mid-1930s working as an extra and was a gofer at Denham Film Studios, where he first met Lean, an editor, in 1942.