George Bush Sr hospitalised after breaking his neck in a fall

Former US President George H.W. Bush has broken his neck in a fall, it emerged today.
Spokesman Jim McGrath said the 91-year-old broke a bone in his neck in the incident, which happened at his home in in Maine on Wednesday.

"His condition is stable - he is fine - but he’ll be in a neck brace," McGrath said on Twitter.

The former Republican president served from 1989 to 1993, his term defined by his aggressive response to Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. He lost the election for a second term to President Bill Clinton.