Passengers on a cruise ship hit by an outbreak of norovirus have shared the grim scenes witnessed on board, including travellers vomiting in public areas after they became stranded. More than 1,700 passengers and crew, including hundreds of Brits, became stuck on the Ambition cruise liner off the coast of Bordeaux amid an outbreak of the highly contagious vomiting bug. The ship, operated by Ambassador Cruise Line, left the Shetland Islands on May 6 before stopping in Belfast, Liverpool and