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A 59-year-old man who suffered a rare reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine died after a blood clot formed on his brain.

A man who plotted to be sent back to prison entered a town hall armed with a pair of scissors and demanded 'give me all the money' in his bid to get back behind bars.

A young mum who was 'like the glue' holding her family together tragically died weeks after giving birth to her second child. Amelia Smith had suffered with anorexia and, when she struggled with a stomach ache after a meal one night, it wasn't deemed as out of the ordinary.

The family of a lawyer who died after a reaction to a coronavirus vaccine have been praised by a coroner for continuing to emphasise the importance of having the jab.

St Helens.Coroner Julie Goulding was today told how Merseyside Police received a call at about on May 8 from a member of the public who said they could see the body of a man lying in a paddling pool.Once officers arrived, they discovered two bodies in the pool - mum-of-three Ms Slater and partner Mr Bentham, coroner’s officer Clair Sajewicz said.A running hosepipe was in the paddling pool which was connected to the hot water tap in the kitchen, the Bootle Town Hall hearing into Ms Slater’s death was told.Police immediately declared the deaths as unexplained but not suspicious, the Liverpool Echo reports.In a pathologist’s report, it was found the paddling pool was full to the top with water, and both bodies were “largely submerged.”Ms