An appeal has been launched to help a severely injured grandad return to the UK after an insurance error left him stranded in a hospital abroad. Brian Ackroyd fractured his neck, skull and suffered multiple bleeds on the brain after falling on the first morning of his holiday in Dubrovnik in Croatia.

The father-of-three, who is originally from Teesville , can't walk and has also suffered nerve damage, leaving him unable to move his hands. After spending several days in intensive care, the 65-year-old is now on a neurology ward in Dubrovnik General.

Doctors have told his family they are unable to help him further and he needs to return to the UK for intensive treatment. Brian was insured with Admiral however his family explained he had failed to disclose a recent visit to his GP and the

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