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The government has announced a major expansion in vaccination against meningitis in Kent after seven new cases of the disease were confirmed in the county, taking…

The Department of Education has taken aim at two accreditors, warning them that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts built into their current standards are in conflict…

Health officials increasingly believe they have contained the fatal outbreak of meningitis in Kent, with no cases emerging that are not linked to the original cluster…

The number of cases of meningitis being investigated by health officials linked to Kent has risen to 20, up from 15 previously.The UK Health Security Agency…

Government scientists have identified the type of meningitis behind a fatal outbreak in Kent as a strain that most people have not be vaccinated against.Gayatri Amirthalingam,…

On Monday morning, nine days after a night out at Club Chemistry, a nightclub in Canterbury, Joe Bradshaw realised he had been linked to the meningitis…

Tributes have been paid to a sixth-former confirmed as the second person to have died after an outbreak of meningitis in Kent.The sixth-form student was named…

A sixth-form pupil and a university student have died in Kent and 11 other people are believed to be seriously ill in hospital after an outbreak…

Two people have died and 11 are reportedly seriously ill in hospital after an outbreak of a rare form of invasive meningitis at the University of…

South East Water has been fined £22.5m by Ofwat for repeated supply failures in Kent and Sussex between 2020 and 2023 that affected more than 280,000…