Countdown's Rachel Riley was pictured without her wedding ring while she sipped champagne with the county's leading business bods at the Sussex Business Awards.

The 27-year-old from Rochford, who was fifth to be voted off BBC's Strictly Come Dancing this year, was MC for the awards held at the Corn Exchange in Brighton last night. 

She married unviersity sweetheart Jamie Gilbert last year, but the pair have split recently.