DENISE Hendry was said to be "poorly but stable" in Royal Preston Hospital today more than two weeks after being admitted to its critical care unit.

The wife of former Blackburn Rovers hero Colin Hendry was admitted on Friday April 12 after contracting septicaemia following liposuction at the Broughton Park Private Hospital, in Preston.

Mrs Hendry, 35, was initially "very poorly" although has been showing slight signs of improvement.