Bug hits passengers on £300m liner

Passengers on board the brand new luxury liner Queen Victoria have been struck down with a highly-contagious stomach bug, operators Cunard said. The £300 million ship, which was officially launched three weeks ago by the Duchess of Cornwall, has seen 78 passengers taken ill with the norovirus-type vomiting bug since the liner set sail ..... click here for full story.

With permission from The Scotsman, 30 December 2007