A Nottinghamshire couple said they feel 'like we have been forgotten' after they were stranded in Tenerife.

Kath, 56, and Terry Guest, 72, of Hucknall, have spent hundreds of pounds trying to get home and had five flights cancelled during the last five weeks.

The couple only received correspondence from travel firm TUI that their latest attempt to try to fly home was cancelled two days after it had been due to take off.

They said they would have travelled to the airport and put themselves at unnecessary risk if they had not called the airport beforehand.

They now feel abandoned abroad and may have to wait until June to fly home to England and be closer to their four children and five grandchildren.

Mrs Guest, who used to work at Nottingham City Hospital as a housekeeper, said the Foreign Office had been hopeless at getting them home.

Speaking from their one-bedroom apartment in Los Cristianos, Kath said: "We just want to get home and be in our own house. We are just stuck in an apartment.

"It is just a one bedroom apartment with a small balcony. We miss our family and there are no flights available and I don't think there will be any until June."

They travelled to Tenerife on January 5, intending to stay for a 12 week holiday.

But the couple have been on lockdown since March 14.

They were out in a local bar when all of a sudden the restrictions were put in place and they were told to return to their apartment at midnight.

They were due to fly back to East Midlands Airport on March 28, but the flight was cancelled. They booked another on April 1 and April 2, but both of those were also cancelled.

They then booked another for April 19 with travel agent Tui, but they only received a cancellation email on April 21 - two days after the flight was due to take off.

They also have another flight on May 2 booked, but it is looking unlikely.

Mrs Guest added: "We have spent around £700. Terry had to phone the airport to see if the TUI flight was coming and the airport said 'nothing is going.'

"We got a message from TUI two days after it was due to fly saying it was cancelled. We could have gone to the airport with our cases.

"I have contacted the British Embassy and the Foreign Office and they have just said 'get a flight as soon as you can' but there is none. No one wants to know. It feels like we have been forgotten."

She said her husband, who used to work at John Player's tobacco factory, is the only one on a pension and they are "worried about money".

They rent the apartment for £250 a week and they don't know what the situation will be if they need to stay even longer than planned.

"It is all right for a holiday but we just want to get home."

A spokesman for TUI said: "We would like to sincerely apologise for a technical issue which briefly occurred on our system at the end of March, allowing customers to book TUI Airways flights from Tenerife South to the UK.

"We have reached out to customers who booked these flights and explained that this was an error and we are currently not operating any flights, and we have directed them to the FCO where they will be provided with details of how to book flights back to the UK."

No one from the Foreign Office was available for comment.