Victoria “Tori” Lacey (''

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

'' Good, born May 1973) is a

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists ...

and

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 ...

working with

ITV Weather ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office (except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually br ...

Career

Victoria joined the Met Office in 2000, when she was trained as a forecaster and subsequently posted to the BBC Weather Centre in April 2001. Her first broadcasts went to air in June 2001 on

BBC World BBC News is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, an ...

. She initially appeared regularly on this channel, and then later on the

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

channel, as well as the range of national BBC radio stations, including a lengthy stint exclusively for

BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, Talk show, discussion, interviews and phone-ins, and is on air 24 hours a day. It is the principal BBC radio station Broadca ...

.Meet the ITV Weather Team across the UK

itv.com itv.com is the main website of ITV plc, the UK's largest commercial television broadcaster which operates 13 out of 15 regions on the ITV network under the ITV1 brand. The website offers the ITVX streaming service, with sections for ITV News, ...

, 4 June 2024 In early broadcasts, she was known on screen as Tori Good. After marrying, she changed her name to Tori Lacey. Victoria broadcast her last weather forecast on Friday, 12 June 2009 (12.30 on the

Victoria Derbyshire Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire (born 2 October 1968) is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel from 2015 until March 2020. She has ...

show) prior to going on

maternity leave Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. The term "parental leave" may include maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and "paternity leave ...

. She returned in mid-2010. She later left the BBC in 2011, although she continued to broadcast for BBC London after she left the BBC Weather Centre. Victoria joined

based at MediaCity UK,

Salford Quays Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it faces Trafford across the canal. History Built by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, Sal ...

in February 2023. She is one of the Hub weekend weather presenters for ''

Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A calendar date, date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is ...

'', ''

Granada Reports ''ITV News Granada Reports'' is a British television regional news service, produced by ITV Granada and serving the North West of England. Overview ''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK i ...

'', ''

ITV News Tyne Tees ''ITV News Tyne Tees'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the Tyne Tees region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with repo ...

'' & ''

Lookaround ''ITV News Lookaround'' is the name of a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the ITV Border region. Overview ''Lookaround'' is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead w ...

''.

Personal life

She is married to Chris Lacey and they have adopted two dogs from Battersea Dog's Home.

References

External links

Tori Lacey Profile
BBC Weather Website
@VictoriaLaceyTV
on

Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...

1973 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bradford BBC weather forecasters ITV Weather People educated at Burnham Grammar School People from Chalfont St Giles {{UK-radio-bio-stub