Lily Allen arrested over alleged attack on photographer

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The 22-year-old singer attended the police station at a pre-arranged time to be questioned in connection with an allegation of assault.

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Lily lashes out: The singer is facing a charge of actual bodily harm following an alleged attack on photographer Kevin Rush

She was released on police bail over the alleged assault on photographer Kevin Rush near the Wardour club in the Soho area on March 13. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman confirmed Allen was "arrested in connection with an allegation of assault. She has been bailed to return on a date in late July."

The incident took place in March after Allen left a party she was hosting at The Wardour club in London.

As she walked to the nearby Groucho club - a favourite haunt of her father Keith Allen - she suddenly turned on Mr Rush, who was standing among a group of photographers. She is alleged to have lunged forward and hit him in the face, leaving him reeling.

Allen was accused of a previous attack on a photographer at the Brits awards. It was alleged she took off her stiletto and attacked a photographer as she left empty-handed, losing out to rival Amy Winehouse.

Tonight she makes an appearance posing as pop rival Amy Winehouse on Channel 4's Friday Night Project.

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Lily Allen was arrested over an alleged attack on a photographer. Here she poses as arch rival Amy Winehouse for a TV show

Lily makes an appearance as a guest host on Channel 4's Friday Night Project

Lily also posed as Big Brother's Tracey Barnard, 38, and Gerry Stergiopoulos, 31, as she clowned around with hosts Justin Lee Collins, 32 and Alan Carr, 30.

Lily has had a turbulent year, following public spats with Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, and an online meltdown when she revealed her unhappiness over her body image.

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Lily also appears as Big Brother contestant Gerry Stergiopoulous and show presenter Davina McCall

Lily as Big Brother raver Tracy Barnard with co-hosts Alan Carr and Justin Lee-Collins

In another rant, Lily complained that she is a hate figure in the UK, but is treated like royalty in the US.

She said: "In LA some of the paparazzi are really nice. But I think people hate me in England.

"I'll write 10 million nice things, then I'll write one thing that annoys me and it's like: 'Lily Allen slams Madonna'. And I become that person that badmouths people, which I'm not."

Allen built up a huge following via her MySpace page before releasing her debut single, Smile, which topped the chart last July.

The star, daughter of actor Keith Allen, recently postponed her US tour, saying she wanted to get back into the recording studio.