the co founder of the 1980s synthpop group bronski beat steve bronski, has died at the age of 61. seen here on the right, with the band, the trio were known for campaigning on gay rights issues. earlier his former band mate jimmy somerville paid tribute on twitter, saying thanks for the melody steve. now it s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. we ve had a lovely start to the day. earlier this morning we had some fine sunrises captured by our early morning weather watchers. this is from dorset. otherwise today, we ve got this area of cloud. one affront bring outbreaks of rain.