Allan Preston
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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 âtrapped in her home address in active labour.â âPolice 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,â they sai
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 âDrumcree Family Support eventâ in Portadown on Wednesday night, DUP MP Carla Lockhart and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson updated a crowd of around 300. âWe have been engaged in
Babies will be born âat the side of the roadâ 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 Newryâs Daisy Hill hospital will see babies born âat the side of the roadâ. 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 âtemporary cons
Jamie Bryson calls for the First Minister to be âput in back of a Land Roverâ over Drumcree protest (opens the original)
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The loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has told supporters in Portadown the First Minister Michelle OâNeill should be âput in the back of a Land Roverâ 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 âDrumcree Family Support eventâ 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
Womenâs group says âalternative projectionâ planned as lighting of Belfast City Hall for Safe Abortion Day put on hold (opens the original)
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An Irish Womenâs group who campaigned to illuminate Belfast City Hall for International Safe Abortion Day have said they are âdeeply disappointedâ the plans have been halted. The National Womenâs 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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