内容摘要：Being quick breeders, cats can have three litters a year of three to 10 kittens.

Being quick breeders, cats can have three litters a year of three to 10 kittens.

Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in 2019.there were 251,377 abortions recorded in England and Wales in 2022 - the highest number since the Abortion Act was introduced and an increase of 17% over the previous year.

About 88% of recorded abortions took place before 10 weeks, after which the procedure must be carried out in an approved clinic or NHS hospital.to keep up with the inner workings of Westminster and beyond.There have been calls for Northern Ireland to improve its "outdated" approach to suicide and adopt a "preventable deaths tracker" currently being used in England and Wales.

that one in five deaths there are avoidable each year – that's over 125,000.The calls come as a conference was held at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Thursday to understand how to tackle online harm and suicide in Northern Ireland.

It was organised by Complete Mind Solutions, a health organisation that offers mental wellbeing and suicide prevention training and support.

Sarah Jane Campbell, service manager at The Well Suicide Prevention who was one of the event's key speakers, believes Northern Ireland is outdated when it comes to its approach to dealing with suicide.Education Secretary Lynne Neagle said postponing the change until the next Senedd term would let schools focus on other major improvements.

She admitted "opinion was hugely divided" on the issue, which had been strongly opposed by teaching unions, as well as organisers of Wales’ biggest agricultural show The Royal Welsh, and some tourist attractions.If the proposals had gone ahead, the half term break in October 2025 would have been extended to a fortnight, with a five week rather than six week holiday in summer 2026.

Eithne Hughes, director of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru, said it was "disappointing" the issue has been given such a high priority by the Welsh government, branding it an "unwelcome distraction and an enormous waste of time"."We are relieved that this decision has been made, although calling it a 'pause' sounds like a face-saving exercise as it is surely pointless to go round this loop again.