Tributes paid to government data scientist killed in cycle crash in Italy

Susannah Boddie, 27, who advised on Covid response, thrown from bike on downhill trail near Lake Garda

Tributes have been paid to a government scientist who helped steer Britain through the Covid pandemic after she died in a cycling crash in Italy aged 27.

Susannah Boddie was thrown from her bike as she descended a steep downhill trail on a woodland path on the Brescia side of Lake Garda on Saturday morning, the Daily Mail reported.