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Headteachers have described the sinister" intimidation tactics being used by protesters against the vaccination against Covid of teenagers in schools.

It started with a few emails from a group calling itself Lawyers for Freedom," the Guardian was told by the headteacher of one of a number of Liverpool schools that have come under pressure from anti-vaccine activists. An email is relatively easy to ignore."