A labourer of love for Jessie

EastEnders star falls for her builder

- AMY SHARPE

SMITTEN soap star Jessie Wallace has cemented a new relationship... with her builder.

The unlucky-in-love actress – EastEnders’ Kat Slater – is dating a handsome labourer she booked for a job.

And friends say the tradesman has laid the foundations for a long-term union by moving in after just a matter of weeks, following a romantic holiday abroad.

A source said: “It’s like a plotline from the soap – a classic Kat escapade. Jessie seems to be over the moon.”

The pair have been spotted getting close in Muswell Hill, the leafy north London suburb where Jessie lives.

Our snaps show her man wearing a body warmer with the yellow logo of drill maker DeWalt, and paint-spattered trousers with utility pockets.