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Essex lorry deaths: Suffocating Vietnamese migrants shouted for help

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There were calls of ‘open up, open up’ as 39 Vietnamese people struggled to breathe inside a sealed container bound for Britain, a court has heard. On October 23 last year, the men, women and children, aged 15 to 44, were found dead in the trailer after it was transported from Zeebrugge in Belgium to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Man describes ‘suffocating’ death of mother, 83

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A grief-stricken son has today described the ‘pure torture’ of watching his 83-year-old mother ‘suffocate to death’ because of coronavirus and now he has to self-isolate from his three children.  Michael Hardy, 47, watched his 83-year-old mother Rachael pass away at Northwich Park Hospital, Harrow, after the killer virus ravaged her lungs and left her gasping … Read more