Paul Gascoigne sectioned after arrest

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The former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Heatlh Act after being arrested at a hotel on Tyneside, sources said today. He was detained after Northumbria Police were called last night to a hotel in Gateshead, where the footballer was born.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Police attended the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead yesterday evening after we received a report of concern for a 40-year-old man staying at the hotel.

"The man was detained under the Mental Health Act and no-one was injured during the incident."

Mr Gascoigne, who has had a history of emotional instability, was most recently manager of Kettering Town, but also played for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio and Rangers. He was capped 57 times for England.

The Sun newspaper reported last week that Mr Gascoigne had been staying at a luxury hotel in Newcastle as he recovered from a hip operation.

Paul Gascoigne sectioned after arrest - Times Online