MUM-to-be Lyndsey Innes made it a family affair when baby Emily decided to put in an early appearance.

Lyndsey, of Crompton Way, Bolton, called a taxi to rush her to hospital when she realised her third child was well and truly on its way.

But when Lyndsey decided to pick up her mum for moral support, Emily decided she could wait no longer.

The baby girl was born on her grandmother's sofa at nearby Somerton Road.

Paramedics arrived just in time to take over the job of delivering Emily and both mother and baby are doing fine.

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