Amy Winehouse is "considering rehab", says dad Mitch

Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch has revealed his troubled daughter may go back to rehab - claiming that the singer, who famously sang the lyrics "They tried to make me go to rehab I said no, no, no," is considering the idea.

However, Mitch defended 24-year-old Amy and his family, insisting: "She's getting better every day. Amy sees the doctor every week. She has people around her who we trust."

"There's not an awful lot that can go wrong where we wouldn't know. I won't say that we are completely in control but we are not as out of control as people think we are', taxi driver Mitch told BBC Radio One.

Meanwhile, Amy's mum Janis, has written an open letter to Amy, which says: "We want to help you, but we know that unless you want to be helped— unless you come to us—anything we tried would be in vain.

So this letter is my way of making sure that you know that—that all you have to do is come to us, Amy, and we'll do everything in our power to get you well again.

After all, you are still my baby and you always will be.

I pile hope upon hope that you will make that decision, Amy, and your strong will can bend for just a moment to make that decision and come home to me.

Even when you were only a rosy-cheeked five-year-old singing into a hairbrush in front of the mirror, you had a will as stubborn as a mule. Do you remember?"