'The army warned us over pregnancy'

A baby born to a couple who both served in Iraq is believed to be Britain's youngest Gulf War Syndrome victim.

Scott Bowen was born three months premature, weighing only 2lb 4oz, with severe heart and bladder problems. He needs a drip and ventilator to stay alive.

He is now three weeks old and experts say vaccinations given to his parents when they were called up to serve in Iraq last year could be to blame for his condition.

Justin Bowen, 27, a private with the Royal Army Medical Corps, was given six anthrax jabs while his wife Vicky, 21, had two of the same injections, as well as inoculations for yellow fever, hepatitis and typhoid.

The couple, from Gosport, Hampshire, both say they have suffered Gulf War Syndrome symptoms since returning home.

Mrs Bowen, who has now left the forces, said: "We blame the Army. They warned us it was dangerous for me to get pregnant."