Paula Yates: Life in pictures

TV presenter Paula Yates has died at the age of 40. We look back at her life, which was often played out in front of the cameras.

Paula sprang to fame presenting the Channel 4 show The Tube, where she first met Michael Hutchence

A fan of the Boomtown Rats, Paula met lead singer Bob Geldof who she married in 1986

Paula worked with Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin on The Big Breakfast

Paula and her youngest daughter Tiger Lily attended Michael Hutchence's funeral

Friends say Paula was beginning to get over Hutchene's death in the weeks before her death