Yoko Ono in New York hospital with flu symptoms

Yoko Ono has been admitted to hospital in New York City for flu-like symptoms, but is on the mend and should be allowed home soon, her representative has said.

Elliott Mintz said the 83-year-old artist-singer widow of Beatle John Lennon went to hospital on the advice of her doctor. He denied media reports that she had had a stroke.