In a move so expected you could have set your watch by it, British soul songbird Amy Winehouse checked into The Priory rehab facility yesterday, where she intends to battle her addictions to drugs and alcohol. Family and friends say this decision was a good one, and one that's been a long time coming.

Amy's worried father-in-law, retired businessman Lance Fielder, blamed her breakdown on massive booze and drugs binges. And he dismissed her record company's excuse of "severe exhaustion" as a "cover-up". Amy's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has spoken to his father about his concerns. Mr Fielder, 66, said: "He told me he was very worried about her. He admitted they both drank and did drugs but that came as no surprise. "It was bought on by all her excesses. Yes, work is one of them, but there's the drink and drugs too."

It's probably safe to assume that work was a small "one of them," while columns "the drink" and "drugs" were stacked quite high.

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