Teen pregnancies at a 30-year low

Teenage pregnancy rates south of the Border are at their lowest level for almost 30 years but have risen among women in their thirties and forties.

Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals a 5.9 percentage point fall in rates between 2008 and 2009, to 38.3 per 1,000 15- to 17-year-olds. But conception rates in women aged 30 to 34 was up 3.5 points.