<i>Xmas cruise turns into 'plague ship'</i>

A dream Christmas cruise has turned into the holiday from hell, according to passengers who claim as many as 400 travellers have been struck down with the norovirus winter vomiting bug.
One traveller aboard the P&O liner Oriana, which is on a 10-night Baltic cruise out of Southampton visiting Christmas markets, said people felt like they were sailing on a "plague ship".
P&O's parent company Carnival said there had been "an incidence of a mild gastrointestinal illness" among the passengers.
The spokeswoman added that, as of yesterday, out of 1,843 passengers "the number of passengers with active symptoms is six".
One passenger, Paul Gilman, 62, told the Daily Mail: "It has been outrageous from start to finish. People were falling like flies, yet the crew were trying to insist everything was fine.
"Everyone is saying this is a plague ship. It's a living nightmare."
The UK's Health Protection Agency has reported a 72 percent increase in the vomiting bug so far this season.
The Oriana left Southampton on 4 December, with passengers paying up to £1,400 for the voyage, which included visits to Copenhagen, Oslo and Amsterdam.
The Carnival spokeswoman said: "Enhanced sanitation protocols have already been implemented to help minimise transmission to other passengers. These comprehensive disinfection protocols have been developed by P&O Cruises in conjunction with UK and US public health authorities.