This is how you nurse a broken heart, Hollywood-style. Less than a month after splitting from her 42-year-old fiance Billy Zane, Kelly Brook has been enjoying the company of England rugby player Danny Cipriani.

And it certainly looks like she's having fun.

Miss Brook, 28, stepped out with the 20-year-old Wasps fly-half in London on Monday.

The couple enjoyed dinner at The Ivy, before strolling hand-in-hand to the new Ivy private members' club and the nearby Bungalow 8. 

Going public: Kelly Brook and Danny Cipriani leave The Ivy hand in hand

The couple couldn't stop smiling as they walked along together

The actress and TV presenter, most recently seen competing on Strictly Come Dancing, looked glamorous in a short black dress with jewelled neckline.

Her young companion dressed down a little, teaming a black dinner jacket over a white shirt and jeans.

Half an hour later the couple sped off on a 40- minute drive around London, before splitting up in South Kensington, where Cipriani jumped into another car.

'Yes they are together,' said a source close to Miss Brook.

'They have been seeing each other for about a week after meeting each other for the first time at a party in Hertfordshire last Wednesday.

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'It was a private do and it was not arranged for them to meet but her agent knows Danny and introduced them at the party. They got on well, swapped numbers and went their separate ways. 

'It is early days as they have only just met so there is no way anyone can know how long they will be together. But they are clearly enjoying each other's company at the moment.'

Cipriani could do with a shoulder to cry on too. He is still recovering from a horrific injury to his ankle while playing for Wasps in May.

She split from long-term fiancé Billy Zane for the second time just last month but Kelly Brook has already found love - with a handsome toyboy.

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 28, was pictured for the first time last night with new beau, 20-year-old England rugby ace Danny Cipriani.

The couple gazed into each other's eyes for three hours over a romantic meal at the Ivy restaurant in London.

After leaving the restaurant the couple went on to the Bungalow 8 nightclub

Brooke looked stunning in a black dress with jewelled neckline. But Cipriani matched her in the glamour stakes, in a black dinner jacket with satin lapel over a plain v-neck white shirt.

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After leaving the restaurant hand-in-hand the couple walked to the new Ivy private members club, but they they stayed for just five minutes before heading to the Bungalow 8 nightclub nearby.

After spending half an hour in the club the pair left and drove around London before splitting up in South Kensington, where Cipriani jumped into another car.

Cipriani is clearly intent on enjoying himself during his rehab.

In November 2007 the fly-half was reported as dating Monica Irimia of The Cheeky Girls fame.

He also had a liaison with model Larissa Summers, who starred in reality show  Vanity Lair.

Cipriani was supposed to debut for England after he was picked at full-back for the game against Scotland on 8 March 2008.

But two days before the match he was axed from the squad due to 'inappropriate behaviour' after he was snapped visiting a London nightclub.

He appeared on My Super Sweet 16 UK for MTV as a potential escort for one of the birthday girls, but didn't get picked.

The rugby star also appeared in a naked centrefolds special for Cosmopolitan to raise awareness of male cancer for the Everyman Campaign.