Derry woman won't let diabetes stop her taking on challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

An intrepid Co Derry woman is to take on Mount Kilimanjaro later this month despite living with Type 1 diabetes.

Julianna Ayton, from the Eglinton area, will scale Africa’s highest peak from February 21.

Julianna, 29, has signed up to scale Kilimanjaro with her partner Matthew Norrby after more than a decade of planning to but putting it off.