Becks heads back to LA

David Beckham has flown back to Los Angeles after learning that his father is making a good recovery from a heart attack at an east London hospital.

Ted Beckham, 59, is still recovering at the London Chest Hospital, in Bethnal Green, after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday night.

The LA Galaxy player flew to London to visit his father as soon as he heard the news.

Beckham's pop star wife, Victoria, cut short a promotional tour in Japan to visit her father-in-law in hospital.

After hearing Mr Beckham senior was making a good recovery from surgery, the couple flew back to the US from Heathrow.

"Ted's much better now. They wouldn't be going otherwise," Beckham's spokesman Simon Oliveira told the Daily Star.

"He should be out soon. They are both really pleased with how he's doing."