Fresh meningitis cases have been confirmed in Reading with one person dead following a new outbreak - here is a full list of meningitis symptoms and warnings signs explained

The strain of meningitis behind a deadly outbreak in Oxfordshire is different to the one identified in Kent earlier this year, health officials have said. One student from Henley College has died and two others who attend different colleges are being treated for the infection following an outbreak in the Reading area.

Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said the charity has long believed that the vaccine should be given to all teenagers and young adults.

Sean Walters has told of his heartbreak after sixth-form student Lewis Walters died in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Reading after catching meninigitis