Amanda Houston (born 8 April 1980) is a British

weather presenter A weather presenter (also known as a weather girl, weatherman or weather broadcaster) is a person who presents the Weather forecasting, weather forecast daily on radio, television or internet news broadcasts. Using tools such as projected weathe ...

and DJ, working for

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Career

Houston is originally from Barrow-in-Furness

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; however at 19 she moved to

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, where she became an editorial assistant for the

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and a freelance journalist for Metro Newspaper. She also worked as a DJ and radio presenter. In August 2008, she became the main weather presenter for

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. In October 2013, she moved to London and began covering weather forecasts for various

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regions in England, Wales and the Channel Islands. Since April 2014, she has been presenting national

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LinkedIn Houston is also a yoga and mindfulness teacher. She has two step sons, born 1999 and 2001.

Filmography

– Lead Weather Forecaster (2010-Present) *

– Regional Weather Presenter (2013–Present) *

– National Weather Presenter (2014–Present)

References

External links

Amanda Houston
on

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Living people ITV regional newsreaders and journalists British television presenters ITV Weather People from Cumbria 1980 births {{UK-tv-journalist-stub