Depressed star Hatton hits rehab

RICKY HATTON has been suffering from severe depression for “several weeks”, his spokesman Max Clifford confirmed last night as the boxer was admitted to a rehabilitation facility.

Following a report in the News of the World alleging Hatton used “industrial quantities” of cocaine on a night out in Manchester, the former world champion yesterday consulted specialists about his condition.

Clifford explained that Hatton’s state of mind has been a cause of concern for some time, and that drug use is only the most recent manifestation of a much bigger problem.