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Allan Preston

Reporter · GB

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · By Allan Preston

    Life of baby saved after mum in labour trapped at home (opens the original)

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    The life of a new born baby has been saved after PSNI officers forced entry to a home where a mother had become trapped during labour. A police spokesperson said that just after 11.30am on Thursday, a call for assistance was received over a woman “trapped in her home address in active labour.” “Police and NIAS (Northern Ireland Ambulance Service) have arrived within minutes. Police have then forced entry into the address discovering both mother and baby with baby not breathing,” they sai

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By Allan Preston

    Orange Order and DUP dismiss Drumcree proposal at Portadown rally (opens the original)

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    The Orange Order has dismissed talk of a proposed agreement with residents on the Garvaghy Road. On Wednesday, Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition told media he had a document from the Secretary of State, adding that his group would endorse if it was accepted by the Orange Order. At a “Drumcree Family Support event” in Portadown on Wednesday night, DUP MP Carla Lockhart and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson updated a crowd of around 300. “We have been engaged in

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By Allan Preston

    Babies will be born ‘at the side of the road’ if services moved from Daisy Hill, warn families (opens the original)

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    Families have warned the expected withdrawal of maternity services at Newry’s Daisy Hill hospital will see babies born “at the side of the road”. The Southern Trust announced it may not be possible to maintain inpatient maternity services at Daisy Hill due to difficulties in recruiting enough consultant obstetricians after a number of retirements and resignations. With approximately 1,700 babies born every year at Daisy Hill, the Trust has said it may be necessary for the “temporary cons

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · By Allan Preston

    Jamie Bryson calls for the First Minister to be ‘put in back of a Land Rover’ over Drumcree protest (opens the original)

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    The loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has told supporters in Portadown the First Minister Michelle O’Neill should be “put in the back of a Land Rover” for her part in the Drumcree protest. Mr Bryson was addressing a crowd of around 200 on Tuesday night who gathered in a car park at the end of the Garvaghy Road. A “Drumcree Family Support event” had been put on hold over bad weather, with the speakers also including members of the Orange Order in Portadown, DUP MP Carla Lockhart, DUP MLA J

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · By Allan Preston

    Women’s group says ‘alternative projection’ planned as lighting of Belfast City Hall for Safe Abortion Day put on hold (opens the original)

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    An Irish Women’s group who campaigned to illuminate Belfast City Hall for International Safe Abortion Day have said they are “deeply disappointed” the plans have been halted. The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) had made the request in Belfast for the first time on September 28. It had been approved after being introduced by the Alliance Party despite opposition from the DUP, UUP and TUV. Since then, Catholic Bishop Alan McGuckian of the Down and Connor Diocese wrote to all 60 c

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