The streets of London are noticeably safer today thanks to the arrest, again, of one-man wrecking crew George Michael.

The 47 year old singer of "A Different Corner" was held on suspicion of "being unfit to drive" (duh) after crashing his Range Rover (aka Christine?) into the Hampstead branch of photo developers Snappy Snaps. He was on his way home from London Pride (overly crowded and totally pointless gay street party in the West End) and had almost made it to his Hampstead home when the shop, no doubt, leapt into his path. It was 3.35am. The shop escaped with a broken door frame and shattered windows.

The singer of, er, "Monkey", "One More Try", "Edge of Heaven" and "Praying for Time" had only won back his license last year after a two-year ban following the 2007 incident in which he was found sleeping at the wheel in North West London. Last year he was released without charge after hitting a lorry on the motorway.

Residents of Sydney would do well to remember that Michael recently bought a house there. If you're a handsome young Sydney-sider and are offered a lift one night by the singer of "Faith", run.