Helen Willetts

Helen Sarah Willetts (born February 10, 1972) is a weather presenter on the BBC. She appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News, BBCi, Radio 4, Radio 5 Live and Radio 2, as well as BBC One. Helen is one of the main weather forecasters on BBC Breakfast, the BBC News at Six and the BBC News at Ten.

Born in Chester in England, Willetts went to the Eirias High School in Colwyn Bay, Conwy in North Wales. She obtained a first class degree in Physics at the University of Nottingham. She also played badminton internationally for Wales before joining the Met Office in February 1994, where she began a five-month forecaster training course at the Met Office college.

In July 1994 she moved to Cardiff Weather Centre and from 1995 she appeared as a forecaster on BBC Television and Radio in Wales. In 1997 she moved to the BBC Weather Centre in London to work for BBC News.

In March 2006, she was awarded the Television and Radio Industry Club (TRIC) award for best TV weather presenter. [cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/features/awards_helenwillets.shtml |title=Weather Presenter Award |accessdate=2008-01-21 |date=2006-03-09 |publisher=BBC News] She has also been impersonated on the BBC comedy Dead Ringers.

Married to Philip Boulby in March 2004, she returned to Colwyn Bay for the ceremony. She received an honorary degree from the University of Nottingham on 12 July 2007. [citeweb|url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code=GRA-133/07&create_date=12-jul-2007|title=Graduation 2007|publisher=University of Nottingham|date=2007-07-12|accessdate=2008-06-15]

It was reported in 2008 that Helen is pregnant with her first child.fact|date=August 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/forecasters/helenwilletts_faq.shtml Helen Willletts' BBC Weather Profile]