Gary Glitter banned from Philippines

Gary Glitter has been banned from the Philippines ahead of his release from prison in Vietnam.

The singer will be deported back to his native UK when he finishes a three-year jail sentence for committing obscene acts with two underage Vietnamese girls in August.

Metropolitan Police have sent reports on him to several foreign embassies in London in a bid to prevent him returning to Asia without notifying officers.

Philippines immigration chief Marcelino Libanan said the 64-year-old is not welcome in the country, revealing: "I have placed him on a blacklist. That is our first line of defence."

Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - has reportedly said he wants to start a new life in Hong Kong to avoid being placed on the UK's sex offenders' register.