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Helen Young heads the BBC's weather team |
The BBC's peak-time weather bulletins are to be presented by a new five-strong team dominated by women.
Isobel Lang is already a familiar face |
Some of the BBC's longest-serving forecasters, including 55-year-old Michael Fish - who made his TV debut in 1974 - will vanish as weekday presenters of the flagship 1pm, 6pm and 9pm slots.
The new team includes 30-year-old Helen Young, who replaced veteran Bill Giles as head of the BBC Weather Centre last month, Isobel Lang, 29, Sarah Wilmshurst, 29, and Helen Willetts, 30. The only man on the new-look team is 37-year-old David Braine.
The BBC played down the significance of the new team, claiming it was part of a regular review of presenters and just a "coincidence" that four of the five were female.
John Kettley will present mainly on News 24 |
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However, he admitted that the move was part of a bid