Susan Boyle 'needs 24-hour care'

SINGING sensation Susan Boyle requires 24-hour care and is exhausted coping with the demands of her overnight fame, according to two of her brothers.

Describing a series of early-morning phone calls to family members, John and Gerry reportedly said the 48-year-old was struggling with the demands of the international circuit.

John is reported to have said: "She needs 24-hour care. She needs to be looked after", while Gerry added: "She still has her anxieties and her loneliness."

The brothers also said their sister makes late-night calls to her family and friends to ease her fears following a break-in at her home in Blackburn in West Lothian.