Alex Deakin

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Alex Deakin (born Alexander Roy Deakin, 1974, North Ferriby, outside Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a weatherman for the BBC, broadcasting on British television and radio. Alex appears regularly on the BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 4, BBC World News and BBC One, and is one of the main weather presenters on the BBC News at Six. In addition, he joined the Weather team on BBC Breakfast in January 2007 and appears regularly on Fridays and at weekends.

Deakin attended South Hunsley Secondary School on East Dale Road in North Ferriby and went on to achieve a master's degree from the University of Birmingham in Physics with Astrophysics. He is thanked in S. F. Helson and T.J. Ponman's paper "The intragroup medium in loose groups of galaxies".

After university Deakin joined the British Meteorological (Met) Office, for which he initially worked in a number of places, including York and Bristol. In 2000 he joined the team of Met Office staffers who provide weather forecasts for the BBC. He regularly appears on television impeccably dressed and has a large fan-base among both straight women^{[citation needed]} and gay men.

On 23 August 2003, he appeared on the BBC/Open University's television programme Star Party, which was broadcast live from Jodrell Bank Observatory. In a number of segments during the show he gave reports on the type of weather that is experienced on Mars.

In 2004 Deakin became patron of Pitsford Hall weather station in Northamptonshire.

Deakin is a keen recycler and in 2006 helped promote the recycling scheme of the Yorkshire town of Hessle.^[1]

Alex currently lives in Southwest London. He enjoys playing and watching football and is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. He plays for the Old Suttonians and whilst at University Alex was part of the Swankers FC management 'brains trust' who set and ran the ultra successful Swankers football team. They won the University cup twice. Other members included the gifted but flawed genius, Jonathan Dennis, and the shadowy Kennington Pool Committee (KPC) acolyte, Gareth Ford. His dream job would be as a professional footballer or a football manager. Alex also plays golf, rugby league, cricket, darts and pool and can juggle. Alex is also a keen and talented footballer.