Des Coleman

Desune Franklin Des Coleman born 14 March 1969 is a British actor singer and weather presenter He attended the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey and is best known for playing Lenny Wallace in the BBC soap EastEnders In 2007 he worked as a standby weather presenter for Laura Tobin on ITVs Good Morning Britain He later became the weatherman for BBCs East Midlands Today but was dismissed in 2011 In 2016 he joined ITV Central as the weather presenter for ITV News Central In his twenties Coleman spent time in prison While studying at acting school he was diagnosed with a form of nonHodgkins lymphoma from which he is now in remission In November 2018 he was rushed to hospital after collapsing from a bowel hemorrhage He underwent surgery to remove tumors in his bowel and spent two days on life support but recovered by February 2019 Today he continues as the weather presenter for ITV News Central appearing on air at 600 pm across the Midlands