'Beautiful soul' who 'lived for her children' dies aged 30 following airport collapse in Turkey

The heartbroken parents of a mum who died after collapsing at an airport have paid tribute to their daughter - a 'beautiful soul'. Melissa Kinsella collapsed at Antalya Airport in Turkey after suffering a heart attack while on holiday with partner, Jay Smith, his family and their three children - Chloe, nine, Beau, four, and Romi, two.

The 30-year-old, from Moreton, Wirral, was due to fly home on Monday, May 15, but was instead rushed to hospital, the Liverpool Echo reports. Doctors told her family she had swelling on her brain and heart.

Melissa was flown home by air ambulance and was rushed to Arrowe Park Hospital on May 24. Last Friday (Mary 26), Melissa died. Her mum, Michelle Heathcote, 51, and her husband, Steven, 52, spoke to the Echo to pay tribute to their 'loving and smart' daughter.

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Michelle, who lives in Leasowe, said: "She lived for her girls, she was hardworking, had a dirty laugh and she was such a good mummy. She had so much love for those girls. She was very hard working doing beauty and hair, she was a little whiz kid with the colours.

"She was so clever, she actually went to uni three times, trained to be an accountant but then got pregnant, then trained in nursing and got pregnant again before going back to beauty. She got 12 GCSEs and three and a half A-Levels. She was so dizzy, the girls in work used to call her messy Missy."

Steve shared a memory of his daughter when they were planning the holiday to Turkey. He said: "When we started booking to go to Turkey we were all going together, Melissa, Jay, the kids, us and her in-laws, so we asked her where we were going as we used to go to Marmaris when she was a kid. She said