A family stranded in Nice on their way home from Dubai asked their taxi driver, booked to pick them from the airport, to collect them in the south of France.

Chris Moore, of ASAPgetuthere, Bovey Tracey, hurriedly set off on the 700-mile journey on Tuesday. His wife Sally said that the family run a business with animals and had to get home quickly.

The flight ban meant mixed fortunes for private hire firms.

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