THE family of a six-year-old Blackburn boy who died after contracting meningitis have been comforting themselves by watching a video of the youngster filmed just two weeks ago.

The film shows Danial Sharif Anwar, a pupil at Shadsworth Infants School, dancing and singing at his birthday party.

His sister Almas, 24, said: "We were saying how fast he was growing up and it would be nice get it on film.

"It shows him singing and dancing around and doing his impression of James Bond, who he loved, by raising his eyebrows.

"It just shows the wonderful, happy little boy he was. It's still hard to accept that he's gone."

Family from all over the UK and Italy have travelled to the family home in Delph Approach to offer condolences to the family, including his parents Shamim Anwar and Mohammed Anwar.

Danial's older brother Naweed, 23, is being kept in Queen's Park Hospital for observation after being given antibiotics yesterday. He was admitted with a high temperature.

His condition is described as "comfortable". Danial died on Monday in Queens Park Hospital after showing symptoms of the disease on Sunday.

The year one pupil of Shadsworth Infants School died of meningococcal meningitis, an illness five times more deadly than the common strain of meningitis.

East Lancashire public health protection consultant Dr John Astbury, who is leading the investigation, said they had not been asked to take any action with Naweed.

His case had been classified as a "possible" infection.

The health protection unit is waiting for DNA tests to come back from laboratories at Withington Hospital to determine which strain of the bug which killed Danial.

Preliminary tests showed it to be the B-strain, for which there is no vaccine.

Danial is thought to have contracted the blood infection 24 hours before he died. Family members are the only people to have received an antibiotic treatment.

Parents at Shadsworth Infants School met public health experts on Tuesday and have been reassured that there is only a "small risk" the disease could have spread to other pupils at the Rothesay Road school.

Dr Astbury said although it was highly unlikely other children at the school were at risk, parents should still be vigilant for safety's sake.

Parents are being urged to watch out for flu-like symptoms including an unwillingness to bend down, a dislike of bright lights and a fever.

Three years ago, the school launched a fund-raising campaign after three-year-old Timothy Haworth, a pupil at the nursery group, died of meningitis.

More information about meningitis can be obtained from the Meningitis Trust Helpline on 0845 600 0800 or from NHS Direct on 0845 4647.