Blair admitted to hospital with heart problem

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was admitted to hospital today with a heart problem.

He was taken from Downing Street to London’s Hammersmith Hospital after complaining of feeling “a little under the weather”.

A Downing Street spokesman said 50-year-old Mr Blair was an “acute admission” at the hospital where he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat.

During a five-hour stay, the Prime Minister underwent a series of tests, the spokesman added.

But he was feeling well enough afterwards to be discharged and returned home to Downing Street.

Mr Blair, a father of four, has been under a great deal of stress in recent months, particularly after the strains of the war in Iraq.