Heather Mills seen with trainer - again

Nov 3, 2006, 12:00 GMT

Heather Mills has been seen getting close to her personal trainer Ben Amigoni.

The former model, the estranged wife of Sir Paul McCartney looked happier than she had been for weeks as she shared an intimate joke with the 22-year-old.

Standing closely together on a chilly train platform, Ben made sure Heather kept warm as he tenderly touched her coat lapel.

A source told Britain's Daily Express newspaper: "They were laughing and joking and touching each other. Heather looked really happy, not like someone who was going through a bitter divorce. And as for him, he looked absolutely smitten."

Ben had stayed at Heather's seaside £2 million Hove home, in East Sussex, the previous night and the pair left together at 6.30am to catch a train.

Heather and Ben have become inseparable since Heather's split from the former Beatle in May.

The 38-year-old star hired Ben as her personal trainer during the summer - after she underwent an operation on her amputated leg - and friends say he has been a "rock" during Heather's very public divorce battle.

The pair have fuelled relationship speculation by flying to the US together several times and friends say Ben has been regularly staying at Heather's home.

Ben split from his lover of three years, Joanne Bradford, shortly after he was hired by Heather.

Sir Paul, 64, became so suspicious about their relationship that he phoned Ben and asked if anything was going on.

Ben insisted the relationship is purely professional.

Heather and Ben first met three years ago when Heather was a member of the Hilsden gym where Ben worked.

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