The report in today's Daily Star Sunday claiming EastEnders' Kara Tointon and Rob Kazinsky are an item is completely untrue.

A spokeswoman for the Walford soap confirmed to me this morning that Kara and Rob - who play Albert Square's Dawn Swann and Sean Slater - are nothing more than good friends.

At the end of last year, Kara and former 'Enders actor James Alexandrou decided to part company, while at the beginning of this month, Rob was rumoured to have been dating Strictly Come Dancing winner Alesha Dixon.

These claims were soon rubbished and it was announced last week that Rob is to quit his role as Sean Slater at the end of the year.