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Singer Amy Winehouse returns home | |
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Singer Amy Winehouse has been sent home after spending the night in hospital. | |
The 24-year-old was taken to University College Hospital after after being treated for a reaction to "medication". | |
A spokeswoman said she was ushered out via a private exit shortly after 9.45am and was said to be in "good spirits" after a "comfortable night". | |
There have long been concerns about the star's health, and last month she received treatment for traces of lung disease emphysema. | |
Winehouse's father Mitch, who has previously expressed fears over the effect his daughter's drug use has had on her health, spent the night with his daughter in hospital. | |
He told BBC Radio One Newsbeat that the singer was well enough to eat a KFC meal with him on Monday night, adding "she scoffed the whole thing". | He told BBC Radio One Newsbeat that the singer was well enough to eat a KFC meal with him on Monday night, adding "she scoffed the whole thing". |
The singer is playing several festival dates over the summer | |
The ambulance was called to her house in Camden, north London on Monday evening. | The ambulance was called to her house in Camden, north London on Monday evening. |
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell. | A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at approximately 8.40pm to an address in NW1 to reports of an adult female taken unwell. |
"We sent an ambulance and a fast response car and the patient has been taken to hospital." | "We sent an ambulance and a fast response car and the patient has been taken to hospital." |
Crowd of photographers | Crowd of photographers |
Police were called at about 2100 BST to clear a path for the ambulance through waiting photographers. | Police were called at about 2100 BST to clear a path for the ambulance through waiting photographers. |
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were asked to assist the London Ambulance Service leaving the vicinity where a crowd of photographers had gathered." | A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were asked to assist the London Ambulance Service leaving the vicinity where a crowd of photographers had gathered." |
Winehouse hit headlines last week when her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, was jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. | Winehouse hit headlines last week when her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, was jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. |
Judge David Radford said Fielder-Civil was high on alcohol and cocaine when he and another man attacked the landlord outside the pub in 2006. | Judge David Radford said Fielder-Civil was high on alcohol and cocaine when he and another man attacked the landlord outside the pub in 2006. |
Fielder-Civil has already spent nine months in jail on remand. | Fielder-Civil has already spent nine months in jail on remand. |