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Jessica Sansome

Bucks Fizz star Jay Aston breaks down on Loose Women amid daughter's meningitis battle

Jay Aston was reduced to tears as she spoke about her daughter's terrifying battle with meningitis - which saw her and her husband told she had a 50/50 chance of survival.

The Bucks Fizz singer revealed on Sunday (April 17) that her teenage daughter Josie remains in hospital after falling seriously ill last month, before being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.

The 18-year-old was admitted to intensive care and put in an induced coma after her organs began to fail. Weeks on, she is still in a specialist kidney unit and has been told she will be permanently scarred, the Mirror reports.

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