The tragic story of Bradford teenager Caroline Bacon who died while she was using contraceptive pills is being used in a warning video to be sold in Japan.

A Japanese action group commissioned the video which will go on sale to parents in Japan when the contraceptive pill goes on sale there in June.

Caroline's parents Tom and Jenny Bacon who set up the Parents Against Oral Contraception for Children group will appear in the video.

Caroline, of Allerton, was prescribed the pill when she was 14 but suffered a stroke a year later and died aged 16 on May 1, 1994.

Today is the fifth anniversary of Caroline's death and a film crew will record her parents releasing purple balloons in their back garden to commemorate her death.

Tom Bacon said: "Obviously it's heartbreaking for Jenny and myself when Caroline's story keeps coming up. But we are prepared to have it told as a warning.

"We set up the campaign specifically to make people aware of the dangers of young girls being prescribed the pill by family planning clinics without the parents' knowledge.

"The pill is still illegal in Japan but from June it goes on sale so hopefully this will inform of the dangers."

Filmmaker Jim Cuthbert said a Japanese action group opposed to the legalisation of the contraceptive pill ws behind the video. Some scenes were shot in the Telegraph & Argus's front office where people can get purple ribbons to wear in Caroline's memory.

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