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"People are choking on pollution, choking on the concrete -- and all the dust that comes with the construction, traffic, smog, heatwaves," she added.

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"I still cannot forget the horrors of those days," he says, voice choking with emotion.

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The 33-year-old said she initially thought Adam had been choking but he then stopped breathing.

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The parents of Oliver Steeper - who died in 2021 after choking on his food at nursery - welcomed the measures after campaigning for change since his death.

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Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has said she "couldn't breathe" for 20 minutes after choking on a fish bone before Saturday's live show in Blackpool.

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