To his home in oxfordshire shortly before 2pm on Christmas Day. Theyve confirmed he was found dead at the scene. Its being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. George michael shot to fame in the 1980s with the group wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. Andy moore looks back at his life. Well, i hadnt seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. He burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. The duo had number one singles around the world. They even conquered china, becoming the First Western pop band to perform there. George michael loved fame but never became used to it. To be obviously a part of peoples lives as an artist, thats what i dreamed of and thats what im still grateful for. But my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. I wish id been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasnt. You know not everybody has got a body like you
Temperatures today, pleasant 20 degrees in belfast, around 21 in newcastle, similar for liverpool and then in norwich and london around the mid 205. the forecast for this evening, a lot of fine weather around, a few scattered showers there across parts of southern scotland, maybe the lake district. then we have this little weak weather system sweeping in just to the south of ireland, moving into wales, so perhaps some rain here early in the morning. the temperature s a little on the fresh side in aberdeen, eight degrees, but for most of us around 12 to 1a. more cloud for a time in the morning for wales and parts of central england, but then it looks as though the clouds should break up, there will be some sunshine around and tomorrow overall a similar day. the temperatures will be similar, around 19 or 20 in the north, typically the mid 205 across the south. a low pressure, be it a weak one, is in charge of the weather on thursday. the winds aren t going to be particularly strong wit
Again, a scattering of showers. i think the south of the country and the south east will be generally dry and bright, if not sunny, and, again, every bit as warm as monday. so highs of about 25 in london and norwich, 21 expected in liverpool and about 20 or so in belfast. and tuesday is also going to be very warm across much of europe. here in the uk, typically the 20s, but further south, just across the channel, we re hitting the mid 305, even in excess of a0 degrees celsius in places like lyon. back to the uk, then, midweek, we have some cloud again spreading into the north west of the country, perhaps some other western areas of the uk as well, so the dry and brighter weather will be always further east and south. again, the mid 205, so similar temperatures most days. in the north west, around 19 or so. so is this warmth going to last? well, the low pressure and the jet stream are right over us towards the end of the week, so anything south of the jet stream is pretty hot, anything
But the winds means temperatures here not falling particularly far, around about the mid teens in places. cooler, fresher, further south and east dry, some clear skies, but some areas of mist and fog and low cloud forming through parts of the south midlands in towards parts of southern england. for the week ahead, we ve got low pressure anchored to the northwest, high pressure down towards the southeast. so that northwest southeast split will likely persist for the next few days. and it means on monday after the early mist and fog in the south clears, it s a dry and fine day for much of england and wales, but further north and northwest cloudier with some showers and then outbreaks of rain working across the highlands and islands of scotland in towards parts of the west of northern ireland. eastern scotland, though still dry with some sunshine and pleasantly warm. further south, though, once again we ll see temperatures reaching the mid 205, maybe 26 degrees through parts of east angli
And north west of scotland, with low pressure once again towards the far north and north west. elsewhere, some sunshine, and in the best of the sunshine through parts of central and south east england, reaching 25 degrees once again, but cooler elsewhere. and certainly looking ahead towards midweek now, we still have low pressure to the north, high pressure to the south east, but this feature here bringing some showery outbreaks of rain through parts of wales and into the midlands. if you re south of that line, still largely dry and fine, perhaps a few showers in towards east anglia. north of here, sunny spells and a number of showers, heaviest across parts of the west and north west of scotland. temperatures again in the sunshine reaching the mid 205, cooler and fresher elsewhere. more like mid to high teens, probably, at best. and for the end of the week, well, low pressure becoming the dominant feature across the uk, so staying unsettled across the north, drier in the south. but, ac