TV star Gail Porter 'sectioned under Mental Health Act'

TELEVISION presenter Gail Porter is recovering today after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, it was reported today.

The celebrity, who hails from Portobello, was said to have been detained after being found locked in her bathroom in a state of distress with cuts to her arms and chest and taken to hospital.

This was believed to be the second time in two months that Porter - who suffers from alopecia which makes her hair fall out - has been sectioned having been kept in hospital for four days after a reported suicide threat, said to have followed a row with boyfriend Jonny Davies, 25.

A friend of the TV host was noted as saying: "It's very sad but she needs to be in rehab. She keeps saying she will, but it's very expensive and she's not really earning much these days.

"Her depression is a product of all the c**p she has been through in her personal life."

Ms Porter reportedly stayed overnight in hospital but was discharged yesterday.