Duncan James splits

Duncan James has reportedly split from his long-term girlfriend, Anya Lahari

Dunk first dated Anya in the early days of Blue, but the couple split when the band took off. Dunk always insisted she was the woman for him, even penning the band's smash-hit, Guilty about her. They rekindled their love last summer, but insiders say their hectic schedules have driven them apart again.

"It all came to a head on Tuesday and that's when they decided to split," a friend told The Mirror. "They have crazy schedules and they were spending more and more time apart. This naturally caused a lot of friction."

The split comes just weeks after Dunk admitted he could see himself settling down with Anya. "At one point there had been talk of marriage. But whenever Anya wanted to go out, Duncan was too tired. And their schedules were getting busier. Duncan has been working flat out, promoting new single Bubblin', and is flying to Egypt this week. Meanwhile Anya is getting a lot of modelling work, and is about to film a movie in Europe."

But, last night a spokesperson for the band hinted the split might not be permanent. "They are spending time apart. They're trying to assess how they feel about each other and both hope they can work it out."document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;