NEWS****Drama at Heathrow as six ambulances surround passenger jet on the tarmac after SIXTY children from Welsh choir taken ill on flight from Dubai as they return from Mandela memorial concert in Cape Town

Sixty members of a Welsh children's choir were treated by paramedics today after falling ill on a flight from Dubai to London.

The children, aged between 10 and 14, were returning from a performance in Cape Town, South Africa with renowned opera singer Bryn Terfel when they began vomiting on the aircraft.

Eleven of the children were taken to Hillingdon Hospital in West London for treatment where they were later discharged. The children from the Wales Millennium Centre / Only Kids Aloud Chorus traveled to South Africa for two special concerts with renowned opera singer Bryn Terfel.
The 65 children performed in two sell-out performances at the Cape Town Opera on Friday and Saturday night in front of 2,600 people.