British travellers stranded by the volcanic ash cloud vented their increasing frustration at the government's much-vaunted rescue operation.

Exhausted holidaymakers and
stranded Britons were left to fend for themselves as the government's rescue operation failed to materialise.

The Foreign Office said it was "working hard to get people home" but the situation was "complex and difficult".

The Foreign Office said it was "working hard to get people home" but the