Vinnie Jones finds love again five years after death of wife Tanya [Video]

Vinnie Jones has revealed he has found love with his PA, five years after the death of his wife Tanya and his own fears that he would never be happy again.

The 59-year-old former footballer-turned-actor said he is in a “fantastic” relationship with new partner Emma Ford, who he affectionately calls “Blondie”.

Ms Ford is a former TV reporter, DJ and event manager who like him, has also given up alcohol.

Jones, who has returned to acting as the star of Netflix’s The Gentleman, has spoken of how Ford has “calmed” him down after years of hard drinking and depression left him “rotting inside”.

The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star once described late wife of 25 years Tanya as “the light of my life”.

While he is adamant that he will never get over her death aged 53, …