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O'Sullevan suffers mild stroke

Sir Peter O'Sullevan is in Charing Cross Hospital, London, after suffering a mild stroke on Sunday evening, said Nigel Payne, chief executive of the legendary former broadcaster's charitable trust.

O'Sullevan, 95, is to undergo further tests in the next couple of days.

Payne told Press Association Sport: "Sir Peter had a mild stroke on Sunday night, which he detected himself.

"He called the doctor and was admitted to hospital and is currently in the stroke unit.

"Geoffrey Hughes, a good friend of Sir Peter's and the director of the Osborne Studio Gallery in London, has been to see him and tells me that although he is complaining of blurred vision, he was surprisingly perky.

"Sir Peter is due to have more tests today and tomorrow."