Schoolgirl's death from asthma linked to London hair pollution

A schoolgirl's death from asthma is the first to be directly linked to air pollution.

Ella Kissi-Debrah lived just 80ft from London’s traffic-clogged South Circular Road.

The nine-year-old’s family believe the filthy air around their home was a ‘silent killer’, although her inquest did not establish the cause of her asthma.

Ella’s death could now become a test case and her family are using the new evidence to apply to re-open the inquest into her death.