British dancer dies in US after eating mislabelled biscuit containing peanuts

Órla Baxendale, described by family as ‘a beautiful, radiant, brave soul’, died after going into anaphylactic shock in Connecticut

Tributes have been paid to a dancer from Lancashire who moved to the US and died after eating a biscuit that contained peanuts.

Órla Baxendale, 25, had a peanut allergy. She died on 11 January after going into anaphylactic shock caused by the mislabelled vanilla florentine cookie she ate.