David Dunn says: 'I've found love'

HERE'S jammy Sammy Winward out for a walk in the parka with her new fella.

The Emmerdale babe is dating rugby-playing PE teacher Dave Mercer, 31, and she really thinks he's grey-t, even if he is 10 years older than her.

She said: "It's early days but we're very happy. Things are going well."

Sammy split from Birmingham City footballer David Dunn—father of her 18-month-old daughter Mia—a year ago.

We snapped Sam, who plays Katie Sugden in the soap, and her new man strolling to her local near Bolton, Lancs, for a seasonal drink.

Dave, a PE and geography teacher at St Edwards College, Liverpool, plays rugby union for National League One side Waterloo. But he's on the sidelines until March after he tested positive for banned stimulant ephedrine.

He told the sport's disciplinary panel he'd been going through an acrimonious divorce and had put on weight, so he took fat-burning drugs.

Sammy said: "He's told me all about the ban. It was something in a fitness supplement he didn't know was there."