Ashley, Cheryl Cole back together

London (ANI): English footballer Ashley Cole and his Girls Aloud singer wife Cheryl seem to have solved their differences and are happily back together. Cole, 27, had surprised his wife by turning up on her birthday unannounced at the x factor auditions in Manchester, the Sun reported.

Cheryl, who turned 25 on June 30 and is the newest judge on Simon Cowell's show, was seen beaming as she left her hotel clutching her husband"s hand tightly. Besides the two lovebirds, their mothers also turned up at the singer's hotel room for the celebrations.

The two of them were seen looking ecstatic that their marriage was back on track again, and they even put a stop to rumours that Cheryl had not attended Cole's brother's wedding over the weekend. The Chelsea ace and the singer were very much present at the nuptials, which had more than 100 guests at a posh Hertfordshire mansion, where Matthew Cole married Lisa.