Amy Winehouse’s parents have clashed over the reports of the singer’s romance with new man Alex Haynes - her mother Janis is delighted with the news, while dad Mitch is angry the star has been cheating on her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

The Rehab hitmaker is alleged to have broken off her 11-month marriage last Monday, after falling for her manager’s assistant, 24-year-old Haynes.

Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch is seeking to have the star committed to a mental institution, because he is convinced it is the only way he can save his daughter from her alleged drug demons.

Taxi driver Mitch Winehouse is desperate for the Grammy-winner to live a clean and sober lifestyle, and has grown increasingly worried over her erratic behaviour - which resulted in her arrest and subsequent police caution over accusations of assault earlier this week.

Law students are furious after learning controversial talkshow host Jerry Springer is to be a guest speaker at their graduation ceremony later this year.

A committee of students at Northwestern University’s Law School in Chicago, Illinois has caused uproar among the graduating class after selecting the risque TV personality, who graduated from the school in 1968, to speak at the upcoming convocation, reports New York gossip column PageSix.