A Strawberry Hill woman has lost an appeal against a ruling that British Airways (BA) did not discriminate against her when it told her to stop visibly wearing a cross around her neck at work.

Nadia Eweida, 56, launched an appeal against the judgement of an employment tribunal made in January which decided the devout Christian had breached the airline's regulations without good reason.

Miss Eweida, of Strawberry Hill Close, claimed she was discriminated against by BA after she was told in 2006 that she could not wear the Christian symbol around her neck while performing her job as a check-in operative at Heathrow Airport but The Honourable Mr Justice Elias, chairing the three man team judging the case, rules against her.