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P&O Cruises outlines personal alcohol allowance and corkage rules

Eligible guests may bring a limited amount of wine or champagne aboard at initial embarkation, with different age requirements at US ports.

A report said passengers had started flying home after being evacuated from a cruise ship described as stricken by hantavirus.

Joe Coyle identified himself as a 50-year-old cruise newcomer as he neared the 20-storey vessel at the city’s dock.

HM Coastguard coordinated a search east of Arbroath as the cruise ship continued to Dundee.