Pete Doherty has sparked rumours that he’s hooked up again with ex-girlfriend and model Irina Lazareanu.

According to the Sunday Mirror, Pete collected Rini, as he calls her, from Claridges hotel in west London yesterday lunchtime and the pair travelled to the V Festival at the Chelmsford site ahead of Pete’s gig with the Babyshambles at 6pm that evening.

According to the News of the World, the model watched the band’s short set from the side of the stage then the pair disappeared into a people carrier with a bottle of champagne after the show.

The couple dated in 2004 and she joined him on tour with the Libertines before the group disbanded. Their relationship hit the gossip headlines earlier this year when Pete’s then-girlfriend Kate Moss featured the former ballet dancer in the issue of Vogue she guest-edited and later to model Kate’s Topshop clothing line.