Laurel House Opens North Wales Transitional Home for Women Escaping Abuse
Laurel House opens the Nehemiah Way transitional home in North Wales to help Montgomery County women escaping abuse. A new Laurel House has opened in North Wales, reports Dan Solkil for North Penn Now. The transitional housing space will offer a place to go for women escaping abuse in Montgomery...
Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new record low
The total fertility rate across England and Wales dropped to a new record low last year, while the number of live births fell to the lowest in nearly five decades.While fertility rates across the two nations have been in overall decline since 2010, the rate in 2023 fell to 1.44 children per woman, which the Office for National Statistics said is the lowest value since records began in 1938.The rate was down from an average of 1.49 children per woman over their lifetime in 2022, and has decreased most among women aged 20 to 24 – down 79% from...
UK fertility timebomb: Crisis as birth rates drop to all time low with some areas becoming 'baby deserts' as so few are having children
Women of childbearing age in England and Wales have, on average, only had 1.44 children each as of 2023, according to a report from the Office of National Statistics.