Midwifery experts gather for conference in the North

World experts in midwifery, obstetrics and information technology will be at the University of Ulster this week for the First Global Research Conference on the science.

More than 130 world-renowed delegates will visit the North's Jordanstown campus for the three-day conference.

The conference will cover topics from technology and childbirth, midwifery theory and safe motherhood.

The DMRS was set up in 2007 to provide quality research support for doctors and midwives internationally.