'Passionate' schoolteacher first Reading terror attack victim to be named

James Furlong was head of history, government and politics at the Holt school in Wokingham

A passionate", gentle" and caring" secondary school teacher has become the first victim of the terrorist attack in Reading to be named.

James Furlong was the head of history, government and politics at the Holt school in Wokingham, near Reading. He was one of three people who lost their lives after the stabbing attack in Forbury Gardens.