The Six Nations kicked off with a bang last weekend, with Ireland beating France, England narrowly defeating Italy, and Scotland just edging out Wales.
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A holidaymaker returning from a cruise says his wife's hand luggage was stolen from an overhead locker on board a TUI flight to Manchester Airport.
Chris Broom said the bag contained valuable jewellery including pearls, two passports, prescription medicine, a driving licence, cash and an iPad, together with other important documentation, but he says Greater Manchester Police haven't investigated properly, despite CCTV and passenger lists being available.
Manchester Airport said it was aware of the report and was supporting police and TUI. Mr Broom, 69, his wife and their son were on a flight from Barbados which landed at Terminal 2 at the airport in December last year. It was a TUI flight charted from P&O after the family had been on a cruise.
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Mr Broom said they were sat at the rear of the plane on the righthand side and put the two bags - one pink and one blue - in overhead lockers a few rows in front.
He said: "There was a medical emergency a few rows in front of us on landing which necessitated paramedics to come on board. Passengers were asked to remain seated while the passenger was attended to, but a number of passengers stood up and opened the lockers anyway.
"When we went to retrieve our bags, only the blue one remained. We dashed out of the plane thinking that the lady in front of us had taken it by mistake, but she did not have it.
"After clearing immigration we went to baggage reclaim and thoroughly checked the area to see if we could spot the bag without success. My wife spoke to a lady flight attendant from our flight, who said they did a security check and no luggage was left on the aircraft."
Mr Broom said the Filipino passports of his
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