 Food from the liner will be given to a local charity |
Owners of the troubled �200m luxury liner Aurora are to donate the ship's three-and-a-half tonnes of left-over fresh food to charity. With the liner's world cruise cancelled because of persistent propulsion problems, P&O have to deal with the food that would have been consumed.
The ship's fresh fruit and vegetables are to be given to Southampton-based charity, Scratch.
The group helps families in the city that are stuck in financial hardship.
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A spokeswoman for P&O told BBC News that the food would be offloaded over the next couple of days.
The Aurora arrived back in Southampton late on Thursday night and its passengers are expected to disembark on Friday morning.
The passengers, who paid up to �41,985 each for the 103-day trip, have spent 10 days on the cruise ship, which was due to take in 23 countries but, until Wednesday, had got no further than the Isle of Wight.
P&O has said passengers would be refunded and offered money off another cruise.
Of the 1,752 passengers booked on the cruise, 385 had already left when the technical problems became apparent.
The cancellation of the cruise is likely to cost the company around �20m.
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