UK cruise ship is held in Madeira
Efforts are under way to release a UK cruise ship that has been detained by police in Madeira.
The Van Gogh, which has about 460 passengers on board, was held on Tuesday shortly after it came into Funchal port in the Portuguese isles.
Administrators claim the ships owners owe £2 million, after taking over the cruise at Christmas.
Van Gogh Cruise Line Ltd said its lawyers were liaising with authorities. One passenger said she was shocked.
Home straight
The ship is on the final stage of a round-the-world cruise - stops included Egypt, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Tahiti and Cape Town - and had been due back in Falmouth on Saturday.
It set off on 4 January from Falmouth, after its previous operator Travelscope went into administration at Christmas.
A spokesman for Van Gogh Cruise Line Ltd, which is based in Cheltenham and a subsidiary of the Dutch-owned Club Cruise, said it was working with lawyers to get the ship released as quickly as possible.
Passengers said the cruise director ...
