Summary
BBC Weather has announced plans to expand its weather hub in Salford while opening a new weather centre at the Met Office's Exeter headquarters. The moves respond to audiences' growing use of digital platforms for forecasts, with BBC Weather online recording over 23 million unique visitors in June 2024.
BBC Breakfast and Today programme weather bulletins will continue to be presented from Salford under the expanded operation. The changes will introduce more local weather presenters for television broadcasts at lunchtimes and weekends, whilst closing the late-night weather bulletin on BBC Two and moving to automated graphics on the news channel.
The restructure will result in a net loss of three jobs and close two dedicated weather studios at London Broadcasting House. The BBC says the changes will save money whilst improving forecasting clarity, following criticism from UK tourist attractions about misleading rain icons on weather apps affecting visitor numbers.
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- What is this article about?
- The BBC is expanding its weather operations in Salford and partnering with the Met Office to create a new centre in Exeter, responding to increased demand for digital weather forecasts. The restructure will result in three job losses and the closure of two dedicated weather studios at London Broadcasting House.
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- This article was published on 31 July 2026.
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