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| A 700-seater train has been chartered to take hundreds of passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a vomiting bug outbreak. | |
| The Marco Polo has been berthed in the Cromarty Firth since Monday. | The Marco Polo has been berthed in the Cromarty Firth since Monday. |
| Train Chartering said it had arranged for the transport to take passengers from Inverness on Thursday to York, Peterborough and London. | |
| Three people remain in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, while three others have been discharged. | |
| Operator, Transocean Tours of Bremen, said the ship's UK tour had been terminated and it was working with the authorities on getting people off the vessel. | |
| Meanwhile, the London Port Health Authority said the master of the liner did not notify them of illness aboard when the vessel docked at Tilbury at the weekend before setting sail for the tour of Scotland and Ireland. | Meanwhile, the London Port Health Authority said the master of the liner did not notify them of illness aboard when the vessel docked at Tilbury at the weekend before setting sail for the tour of Scotland and Ireland. |
| Transocean claimed on Tuesday that the ship was given a "clean bill of health" at the port in south Essex. | Transocean claimed on Tuesday that the ship was given a "clean bill of health" at the port in south Essex. |
| Emergency services were called to the Marco Polo on Monday after 74-year-old passenger Roy Sillett died of an apparent heart attack. | Emergency services were called to the Marco Polo on Monday after 74-year-old passenger Roy Sillett died of an apparent heart attack. |
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