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By BBC News
image captionThe news that people aged under 30 in the UK are to be offered alternative vaccines to the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab makes the front page of several papers. The i newspaper says it follows weeks of speculation about the potential side-effect, but emphasises that the risk is extremely small for most people.
image captionThe Daily Telegraph has spoken to the family of a 59-year-old solicitor who died from a blood clot 18 days after he received the AstraZeneca vaccine. Neil Astles - the first named person to have died from a blood clot after having the jab - suffered from worsening headaches and loss of vision. His sister said his family were furious but that Mr Astles had been extraordinarily unlucky and have urged the public to keep saving lives by getting the jab, the paper says.
Council to review decision to block humanist from religious education committee
Southampton City Council has agreed to retake a decision to block humanists from becoming full members of the local religious education committee following a threat of legal action.
Humanist Mary Wallbank had applied to become a full member of Southampton’s Standing Advisory Council on RE (SACRE) over two years ago and said the decision not to admit her was a violation of her human rights. However, she has agreed to pause her legal action while the council reviews the decision in November.
Ms Wallbank said: I was hugely disappointed that Southampton Council chose to block my bid to become a full member of the committee, particularly given that many of the positions for religious representatives are vacant and have been for some time.