Winehouse 'meets with divorce lawyers'

Amy Winehouse has apparently taken steps to separate from her husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

The 25-year-old singer met with lawyers yesterday to discuss a divorce, according to The Sun.

Winehouse was taken to hospital at the weekend following what was claimed to be a drink and drugs related seizure brought on by a telephone row with her husband. She has since checked herself into a clinic for treatment and is said to have asked her father to arrange the legal meeting.

Fielder-Civil is meanwhile in rehab as part of the terms of his early release from a 27-month jail sentence for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. Rumours that the marriage had reached crisis point started circulating as soon as he entered the Surrey centre.

Last week, a friend said Winehouse had finally accepted that the couple did not have a future together and that a separation was the only way forward.

Friends said Winehouse finally decided this week to take action and asked her father to arrange the legal meeting in hospital.