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David Powell & Steven Smith

Airport blunder sees ashes of widow's late husband left behind

A widow who was taking her husband's ashes to Florida to bury them there was left heartbroken when her luggage did not arrive. Joyce Jackson had made the journey to their favourite holiday destination with husband Gordan's ashes and their wedding rings.

She was intending to bury them there. However, when she landed, she discovered that her suitcase had been left back in Manchester Airport. Mrs Jackson, from Abergale, Wales, believes that a "flimsy" tag attached to it by her airline, Virgin Atlantic, had come off, reports NorthWalesLive.

Gordan did aged 78 after a tragic accident and Joyce had planned the trip to the US in his memory. It was designed to coincide with what would have been their 80th birthday and his wedding anniversary. Mrs Jackson wanted to bury the ashes and rings at the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, somewhere they had holidayed many times.

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