A NEW guide has been drawn up to help the struggle against unwanted teenage pregnancies in North Yorkshire.

Offering advice and information for teenagers the pack is being distributed across the county through colleges, youth clubs and nightclubs.

It gives details of where young people can find free and confidential advice and information about sexual health issues.

Also included is information on relationships, resisting peer pressure and facts about contraception as well as advice on what to do if contraception fails.

The pack is part of the work of the North Yorkshire Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Group, whose goals include halving the rate of under-18 conceptions and setting a firmly established downward trend among under-16s conceptions by 2010.

The number of teenage pregnancies in the county is falling and the county average is already lower than the national figure.