Dolly Parton has visited her former mentor Porter Wagoner in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital, and pledged to sing with him upon his return to the limelight.

The parent of car maker Vauxhall today warned it would fall into the red in the first three months of this year after sales and prices in North America took a dive.

Alan Jackson took home his second entertainer of the year award and four other honours at the annual Country Music Association Awards.