THIS week I went to the Pride Of Britain Awards -- you probably saw them on TV on Thursday night -- with my girlfriend, Tess Daley.

Tess is a presenter on the Saturday morning TV show, SMTV Live and so we were on a table with her co-presenters, Cat Deeley and my old pal, James Redmond.

James and I have known each other from our modelling days and when he landed the part of Finn in Hollyoaks we kept in touch.

Now he's living in London so we find it much easier to meet up more often.

It was a very emotional evening and the awards were well deserved.