British high street chemist Boots has said it is "truly sorry" for the way it responded to a campaign calling for it to cut the price of emergency contraception and announced it is looking for cheaper alternatives.

More than half of women who take the morning-after pill could still fall pregnant because they are overweight, experts have warned.

THE availability of emergency contraceptive medicine without prescription in all pharmacies will be a huge relief for many women, a leading pharmacist said yesterday.

THE dosage of the controversial morning-after pill is to be changed in a bid to further reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, the Department of Health in Britain announced yesterday.