Number SEVENTEEN on the way for UK's biggest family: Couple who have had a baby every 17 months for the past 24 years are expecting again

They are way beyond their  baker’s dozen. But Britain’s biggest family still has room for more as supermum Sue Radford is pregnant again... with her 17th baby.

The baker’s wife is expecting – just 11 months after giving birth to Casper – and she and husband Noel will welcome the latest addition in April.

The couple, of Morecambe, Lancashire, don’t know whether it will be a boy or a girl.

They say they are ‘absolutely thrilled’ to be having another baby, who will be a sibling for Chris, 24, Sophie, 19, Chloe, 18, Jack, 16, Daniel, 14, Luke, 12, Millie, 12, Katie, ten, James, nine, Ellie, eight, Aimee, seven, Josh, five, Max, four, Tilly, three, Oscar, two and Casper, 11 months.

Mrs Radford wrote on Facebook after her 12-week scan: ‘We are so excited to announce Radford baby 17 will be joining this family in April.

‘As you can imagine, the children are so excited. Little Tilly said to me: “Mummy you have a baby in your tummy”. It was so sweet.’ But she added: ‘I feel so sick. Whoever named it morning sickness was lying. Try morning, noon and night sickness.’

The hard-working couple, who own a bakery, live in a former children’s home and use

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