No babies to be born at hospital from end of November

Inpatient maternity services at Daisy Hill hospital in Newry will be temporarily suspended from 23 November.

Southern Health Trust board members have voted in favour a proposal to move the services to Craigavon hospital, as the trust says it has been unable to recruit enough consultant obstetricians to safely staff both hospitals.

There has been significant opposition to the consolidation plan from people in Newry and further afield, including South Down and South Armagh - and it's now subject to a legal challenge.

A 40-year-old pregnant woman is to lodge judicial review papers at the High Court on Tuesday afternoon to attempt to force the trust to delay the implementation of the plan.