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Ancient symbol causes baby boom

WOMEN living near an ancient fertility symbol produce the most babies in the country, a new study has found.

The naked 180ft Cerne Abbas Giant - thought to be thousands of years old - is carved out in the chalk downs in North Dorset.

Women living near the carving have an average of three children in their lifetime - a national record.

They are the highest birth-per female figures in Britain for more than 40 years.

Locals think the giant could be having an inspirational effect on couples in the area.

Nursery manager Katie Raine said the increasing number of children at the Archway Nursery in Pimperne - which is in sight of the Giant - were living proof of the findings.

“We can take 73 children in any one day and we’re absolutely chock-a-block,” she said.

“We have a baby unit for five infants, and that’s booked until next year, so there’s definitely a baby-boom on.”

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