An NHS nurse from Knaresborough who cancelled flights to Spain to avoid 2 weeks quarantine on return says she's lost more than a thousand pounds which she can't get back.

Julie Weston paid £1032 for the Ryanair flights for her family to celebrate her sister-in-law’s wedding in Spain last month. Two days before flying, on Saturday July 25, the UK Foreign Office announced anyone travelling back from Spain had to quarantine for two weeks, so Julie cancelled the flight.

Because the flight still went ahead it meant she was not entitled to get a refund or voucher from Ryanair.

Julie argues that as an NHS worker she had little choice but to cancel the trip as quarantine was not an option. She said:

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The family’s flights were booked on Julie’s credit card for protection last September, but because they were not cancelled by Ryanair she was not covered by the Consumer Credit Act.

Julie is due to meet with her bank, Halifax, in Ripon today, where she is hoping to get some money back.

She said: