Richard Angwin is a weather-presenter, currently working for

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...

. Previously, he presented the weather on

BBC Points West ''BBC Points West'' (known as ''News West'' from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, northern, eastern and parts of western ...

from 2000 to 2011. This is the regional local news programme for Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire which is on BBC ONE weekdays at 1330, 1830 and 2225. Also as a latest series in 2007 "Ask Angwin" featured on Points West answering weather questions.

Biography

Richard's interest in the weather began during geography lessons at grammar school. After A Levels he joined the

Met Office The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is led by CEO Penelope E ...

as a weather observer in 1979 and spent the first 10 years of his career at RAF Lyneham, Exeter International Airport and RAF Honington. During this time Richard gained further A Levels and an HNC in Maths and Physics. This allowed him to gain a place on a forecasting course in 1990 and he then spent the next 10 years of his career as a forecaster based at Bristol Weather Centre. When the centre closed in 2000, Richard became permanently based at the BBC in ''Bristol''. He began his broadcasting career in 1994 and in addition to three daily television forecasts on BBC Points West, he also provided radio broadcasts for the BBC's local radio stations and websites in the West. On 27 May 2011 Richard Angwin left the BBC after 11 years on Points West, moving to the

news channel.

Personal life

Richard is a keen skier and enjoys travelling, having toured Africa, S.E. Asia, South America and the United States in recent years. He has also completed a degree in Environmental Sciences with the Open University. Before moving to ''Al Jazeera English'' much of his spare time was taken up with walking the

Mendip Hills The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England. Running from Weston-super-Mare and the Bristol Channel in the west to the Frome valley in the east, the hills ...

with his Dalmatian, Poppy, although he could occasionally be found pounding the roads, training for the Bristol Half Marathon or his skiing trips.

References

External links

Personal Site
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