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A family lost £3,000 when a mother was denied entry to Portugal due to a post-Brexit passport rule.

Nina Gurd arrived at Bournemouth Airport with her family, only to be told her passport was not valid for travel to Portugal.

Her passport had more than the required three months before the expiry date, which was extended when she renewed her passport.

However, Nina was told that the expiry date was irrelevant.

Nina revealed: "The lady at Bournemouth Airport said it needs to be within 10 years of the issue date."

Her passport was originally issued on May 29, 2012, meaning it would have been due to expire next month.

However, when she renewed it early, another nine months were added, giving it a new expiry date of February 28, 2023.

She explained: "When we were booking our holiday, we were only ever asked for our passport numbers and the expiry dates, nothing else.

"But the expiry date is apparently meaningless," her husband John told the BBC.

The family were forced to return home, rather than board the plane for the Algarve.

Portugal is one of 26 European countries within the Schengen Area of free movement.

Pre-Brexit, travellers from the UK could travel within the area without border controls as a member of the European Union.

However, the UK was not a member of the Schengen Agreement.

Now some EU countries in the Schengen Area, including Portugal, are insisting that passports must be no more than 10 years old, which includes the three month expiry buffer.