Stone despises all her former managers

Soul star Joss Stone is glad to be rid of her manager - insisting she is better off without them.

The British singer, 20, has changed her representation numerous times throughout her five-year career, and is now determined to go it alone.

She says: "I'm never having a manager ever again. I've had four in the past five years and I hate them all."

Stone - whose previous managers have included her mother Wendy Stoker - has been managing herself since parting company with her record label Sanctuary last year, after the firm was rocked by well-publicised financial difficulties.