Hundreds of British tourists held on cruise ship docked in French port after UK passenger dies from 'norovirus' and '50 others have symptoms'

A cruise ship has been forced to dock in western France after a British passenger is believed to have died and about 50 people have shown symptoms of norovirus.

Officers in France confirmed more than 1,700 passengers and crew have been left stranded on a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux.

The Ambassador Cruise Line ship, with a majority of the 1,233 passengers from Britain or Ireland, arrived in the western port of Bordeaux earlier today.

The vessel, left the Shetland Islands on May 6 before stopping in Belfast, Liverpool and Brest in France before reaching Bordeaux, from where it was scheduled to depart for Spain.

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