New travelling rules brought in by Brexit meant that two young sisters had to fly out to Spain without their mum who was turned away at the airport. Kate Barke was stopped at the gate after she and her two daughters, aged nine and 11, had checked in their bags and went through security as usual at Stansted Airport.
The Mirror reports the family were about to board the Ryanair flight to Palma de Mallorca when Kate was told her passport did not meet new Brexit rules, even though it does not expire until February next year. Her daughters were still able to board the plane with their aunt who was travelling under a separate booking.
But Kate said the girls were "hysterical" when she was forced to leave them and walk back through the terminal alone, leaving herself £500 out of pocket. Ryanair insists she was "correctly denied travel".
