A mother-to-be won a High Court victory yesterday in her battle to remove a mobile phone mast which she fears could harm her family's health.

A judge ruled that Jodie Phillips, 27, who is expecting her first baby in January, was denied a fair opportunity to suggest an alternative site for the 12.5m-high mast erected close to her home in Waterlooville, Hampshire.

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A pregnant woman yesterday won a landmark legal case over mobile phone masts linked to serious health risks such as cancer.

Jodie Phillips, a 27 year old nurse who is expecting her first child in January, successfully argued that such masts 'terrified' people living nearby.

She persuaded a High Court judge that telecom company Hutchinson 3G had no right to put a 40ft high mast just yards from her home.

The ruling opens the way for residents to fight masts being built in thousands of locations.

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