MORE than 100 holidaymakers have fallen ill with gastroenteritis while sailing on a cruise ship around the Caribbean.

Almost all of the 117 people who have reported symptoms flew to Florida from Manchester to board the ship last week.

P&O liner The Oceana is the fourth cruise ship in a month to have suffered outbreaks of the virus.

The Atlanta-based Centres for Disease, Control and Prevention is sending a team of people to investigate the source of the illness.