A grandad who has "been to hell and back" through ill-health has had his hopes of treating his family to a luxury cruise knocked back.
John Coates, 68, who uses a mobility scooter, and wife Sandra, 65, booked the holiday on the P&O cruise ship Iona before covid struck, which led to it being put back twice after the travel industry ground to a halt because of the pandemic.
However once the cruise to the Norwegian fjords was re-scheduled for this summer, the couple were eagerly looking forward to the holiday of a lifetime with their extended family, made up of their two sons, their wives, and four grandchildren, who are all under the age of 10.
