A woman whose family fled to Britain to escape war has closed her seaside hotel to tourists - so it can give Ukrainian refugees a place to stay instead. Nitsa Michael, 84, is no longer taking guests at the Seaward Hotel - apart from people fleeing the war with Russia.
Her family fled from Cyprus to Britain following a Turkish invasion in 1974 and she said she wanted to do something to help people in the same horror situation. She has shut the doors to tourists at the hotel in Weston-super-Mare to provide a "home from home" for 22 Ukrainians.
Nitsa, a great-grandmother of five, said: "I felt for them - me and my family hope we're helping them." Her daughter Michelle Michael, 53, is in charge of running the hotel, which now has 22 refugees staying of a possible 70.
