Touch of sunshine

Touch of Malta sunshine for 98 year old traveller Rose Martin, from the UK's Cambridge Evening News:

Airline staff have been amazed by 98-year-old regular flier Rose Martin. Great grandmother Mrs Martin, who lives in Burwell, is believed to be one of the world's oldest airline passengers. She flies to Malta almost every year to visit her daughter Diana Turton and her husband Francis, who live on the island of Gozo. This year she was accompanied by Mrs Turton, 66.

Air Malta staff upgraded them to Club Class when they checked in at Heathrow for their flight. And when they got to Malta Mrs Martin was presented with a bouquet and a bottle of champagne. "This was really a surprise. I never expected such treatment," said Mrs Martin. Mrs Martin, a former newspaper proof reader, previously lived in March. Her son Richard, 72, who lives in Isleham, is a former head of Burwell Village College. She has two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.