Stormy breakup between BBC and the UK Met Office after 93 years

The BBC is breaking up with the UK Met Office after 93 years of marriage. The relationship had withstood storms of all shapes and sizes, from hurricanes to snowstorms and heat waves

But in the end, the budgetary axe fell with the sharpness of a polar cold front sweeping through on a summer day

Since 1922, the BBC has relied on the U.K. Met Office for its weather forecasts. On BBC Radio and television channels, the on-air meteorologists have been a mix of Met Office employees and experts working for the BBC. These personalities, like Michael Fish, have been familiar presences in living rooms across the country for decades. Read more...