UK:Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne was released from hospital yesterday after being held under the Mental Health Act for the second time this year. Hertfordshire police confirmed he had been taken to hospital on Sunday after he was seen acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead by a member of the public.
"A 42-year-old man who was sectioned under the Mental Health Act is no longer sectioned and police believe he is no longer in hospital care," a police spokesman said yesterday.
The former Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Rangers and Lazio player was previously detained after being arrested at a Newcastle hotel in February but was released in March. He has struggled with health and personal problems since retiring from the game. - (Reuters)