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A family have told of their heartbreak after a 'beloved' mum and grandma choked to death on a piece of steak while on holiday in Spain.

Ceri Ball, 74, died on Friday, October 17. She and her husband, Glyn, 77, were visiting Peñíscola, a Spanish coastal town where they have a holiday home, when she choked to death at a restaurant.

Ceri, of Newport, South Wales , was treated by paramedics at the scene after waiters and waitresses performed the Heimlich manoeuvre. After around 20 minutes they got the food out of Ceri's throat and then transferred her to the Comarcal de Vinaròs Hospital, where she was put on life-support.

But as Ceri's two daughters were on the plane heading to be with her their mother's heart gave out and she was pronounced dead at the hospital. Docto

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