A mother is launching a legal battle for possession of her dead daughter’s frozen eggs so that she can become pregnant with her own grandchild.

AN IRISH couple were last night celebrating the decision by Britain’s fertility watchdog to broaden its rules on embryo screening to allow the birth of “designer babies” to cure sick siblings.

A Northern Ireland couple were tonight celebrating the decision of the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to broaden its rules on “designer babies”.

The British fertility watchdog was meeting today to consider relaxing its rules on embryo screening to allow the birth of “designer babies” to cure sick siblings.

The British fertility watchdog may have to relax its rules on “designer babies” because of mounting pressure from doctors and parents, a leading specialist said today.