A mother was left in tears after travelling an hour-and-a half for a coronavirus test - only to be turned away on arrival. Kirstie Penman, 21, says she was told that she needed a QR code - which she had not yet received.
She said in the end she gave up and had to go back home. The student, from Wrexham, initially rang her doctor seeking antibiotics for a bad chest but was informed she would need to get a test for Covid-19 instead.
After being driven across the English border to Telford for the nearest available test, she was told by a staff member that she could not be tested because she had not received a QR code when she booked. "We were like, 'is this a complete joke, we've just driven from an hour-and-a-half away?', and there was no
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