Ten guests were trapped when an overloaded hotel lift became jammed.

The lift at the Travelodge on Newcastle's Quayside is designed to hold eight people.

But 10 squeezed into it and it jammed between floors, trapping them for more than half an hour.

Fire crews had to winch the lift down to the ground floor and lever the doors open to free the group.

Crew manager Nicky Cave of Fossway fire station said: "It was like a can of sardines when we opened it. The lift couldn't cope.

"A couple of the girls were quite shaken up."