A teenager “almost died” from meningitis after she shared drinks with her friends on a night out in Popworld. Lily Williamson, 19, contracted meningococcal meningitis group B (MenB), causing sepsis and was left unable to move following a night of clubbing with her friends in Reading. She started getting aches and pains and was taken to the doctor by her mum when she started vomiting 24 March 2026.