27 days ago
Wales Online
Keep up to date with the latest stories with our WalesOnline newsletterAfter a hotel in the US accidentally shredded their passports, 42 UK pupils have been left stuck across the pond. The teenagers, who study at Barr Beacon School in Walsall and were due home on Saturday, have stayed an extra four days abroad while emergency documents are sorted. While awaiting emergency documents through the British Embassy the pupils have gone on a spontaneous sight-seeing tour in New York. Mrs Hibbs told the BBC: "Forty-one of the passports were destroyed whilst the group were staying at the hotel in New Hampshire." We are processing their applications for emergency travel documents so the staff and children can return to the UK as quickly as possible."
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