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| TV chef Keith Floyd in hospital | TV chef Keith Floyd in hospital |
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| TV chef Keith Floyd has been taken to hospital after collapsing on his return to the UK from Thailand. | TV chef Keith Floyd has been taken to hospital after collapsing on his return to the UK from Thailand. |
| "It's probably exhaustion," his agent Stan Green said. "He was in hospital a year ago with a similar complaint. | "It's probably exhaustion," his agent Stan Green said. "He was in hospital a year ago with a similar complaint. |
| "He recovered from that, so let's hope he recovers from this. We understand he's stable," he told BBC Radio Stoke. | "He recovered from that, so let's hope he recovers from this. We understand he's stable," he told BBC Radio Stoke. |
| Floyd, 64, had just spent six weeks in Thailand and was taken ill earlier this week while staying at a pub in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. | |
| The Chesters pub is run by his friend Glenn Geldard, who said: "He is not doing very well. I've just been down to the hospital now." | The Chesters pub is run by his friend Glenn Geldard, who said: "He is not doing very well. I've just been down to the hospital now." |
| 'Hard work' | 'Hard work' |
| The chef had been visiting his restaurant in Thailand, a trip which would have involved "hard work", Mr Green said. | The chef had been visiting his restaurant in Thailand, a trip which would have involved "hard work", Mr Green said. |
| A spokeswoman for the University Hospital of North Staffordshire said she was unable to comment or "give information out about patients". | A spokeswoman for the University Hospital of North Staffordshire said she was unable to comment or "give information out about patients". |
| Floyd, from Faringdon in Oxfordshire, shot to fame in the mid-1980s when he presented a series of cookery programmes with a glass of red wine in his hand. | Floyd, from Faringdon in Oxfordshire, shot to fame in the mid-1980s when he presented a series of cookery programmes with a glass of red wine in his hand. |
| He was banned from driving for two and a half years in 2004 after crashing his car into another vehicle while three and a half times over the legal alcohol limit. | He was banned from driving for two and a half years in 2004 after crashing his car into another vehicle while three and a half times over the legal alcohol limit. |
| He went on to front a police campaign against drink-driving. | He went on to front a police campaign against drink-driving. |