Warne and Liz confirm their re-kindled romance

Shane Warne and Liz Hurley definitely appear to have given their romance a second innings after pictures of them smooching on their trip to Los Angeles emerged. The model and actress, 45, temporarily called time on the Australian cricketing legend after he was caught out sending flirty texts to another woman Down Under. But now the pair appear to be back at the crease - and Liz gushed wildly on her official Twitter account about how great her time in LA had been, writing: 'A great weekend. Best in a long, long time.....'
Witnesses told Mail Online the pair could barely keep their hands off one another as they enjoyed a lunch date with friends at the Casa Del Mar hotel in Santa Monica. They spent 90 minutes there before returning to their five-star hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Back in Australia, Shane meanwhile seemed unperturbed about going public with Liz, and joked with his old friend English rugby star Will Carling on Twitter today, saying: '@willcarling anything in press recently I've missed ??? All seems quiet ... Hahaha.'
Liz meanwhile seems to be swotting up on her new man's home country since her return to Britain and confessed that she was currently reading Bill Bryson's In A Sunburned Country - possibly a gift from her 41-year-old new beau. Liz certainly acquired the book on her trip to the States, as the British version of the tome is called Down Under. The model and actress mused on Twitter: 'Did u know that 80% of all that lives in Australia, plant & animal, exists nowhere else?' Earlier, Liz had explained to her fans why she had been in LA last week, Tweeting: 'I've been here on business - some of it monkey.'
Meanwhile, it seems like Liz has most definitely become a fan of un-tamed creatures after she revealed she has just taken delivery of a parrot  - and it keeps biting her. Ping Pong was a belated birthday present from a mystery benefactor and is a blue-fronted Amazonian. But Liz wrote yesterday: 'Ping Pong is enchanting but has delivered the odd sharp nip. Ow. Hope it's just her settling in.....' Warne, 41, also tweeted about his trip to California, describing it as 'lots of fun'. 'I was in LA last weekend. Had a great time and lots of fun,' he wrote to followers.
Warne and Hurley's relationship first came to light in early December, prompting the model to announce the end of her marriage to Arun Nayar. But the fledgling relationship was called off after it emerged that the father-of-three had also been sending flirty texts to Australian mother-of-two Adele Angeleri, 40. However, notorious womaniser Shane, who is rumoured to have slept with up to 1,000 women and cheated on wife Simone several times during their marriage before they separated last year, is said to now be deadly serious about Liz.
Yesterday's People reported that Warne already feels ready to marry his new girlfriend. A close friend told the paper: ' Shane is making no secret of wanting to marry Liz - he talks about it a lot. She has turned his head in a big way. 'There's no doubt he will propose very soon. He's had a lot of women in his time, but none has had this effect on him.' Meanwhile, Ms Hurley's estranged husband also appears to have moved on as he was pictured taking his new girlfriend, Kim Johnson to lunch. The Indian textile heir took the 25-year-old Hurley lookalike to celebrity haunt San Lorenzo in London's Knightsbridge. The relationship, which is still in its early days, appears to be going from strength-to-strength. Earlier this month a friend of Mr Nayar told the Sunday Mirror: ‘It has been a painful time for them both, but it’s wonderful he has found in Kim a very sweet, down to earth girl.’