3 Words? Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough kiss in public as he buys her £10,000 bracelet and friend confirms they are dating

By JODY THOMPSON

Back to Africa: Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough pictured together in August not long after the X Factor judge had recovered from the malaria she caught in Tanzania


Just last week, she denied that she was dating - but Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough apparently showed off their love with a public kiss as they celebrated the New Year in South Africa yesterday.

Dancing With The Stars hoofer Hough, 26, also reportedly bought the 27-year-old X Factor judge a £10,000 diamond bracelet as a love token.

It comes as one of Derek's closest friends, dance trainer Corky Ballas, 50, wrote on his Twitter page: 'I don't think it's a secret they're dating.

Hough whisked Cheryl away for a week-long break to mark the end of what the Girls Aloud star judge has described as 'the worst of my life' after she divorced from Ashley Cole and almost died from malaria following her visit to Tanzania six months ago.

The pair are staying in a luxury beachside villa in the Camps Bay resport a few miles outside Cape Town and saw in 2011 at a £1million house party apparently thrown by American property mogul Preston Haskell.

It was there, in front of the assembled revellers, that the couple sealed their love with a passionate kiss after toasting each other with champagne as the midnight chimes rang out.

The Sunday Mirror reports that a source close to the couple said: 'Cheryl and Derek are together and don’t care who knows it.'


African beauty: An aerial view of Cape Town, with the flat topped Table Mountain to the right


The do, which featured trapeze artists, acrobats and dancers, was held at Haskell's mansion in Fresnaye, overlooking Cape Town's Table Mountain.

It's also said that Derek held Cheryl in his arms as they watched a firework display explode over the skyline.


'A lady doesn't talk about these things' - Cheryl on Alan Carr's Channel 4 chat show Chatty Man earlier this month


Talking to Alan Carr on his Chatty Man show last week, Cheryl insisted she was still single following her divorce from Chelsea and England player Ashley, 29.

She said: 'I've had no time. A lady doesn't talk about these things.'


Cheryl Cole spotted arriving at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Norway


source: dailymail