Helen Young (born 10 June 1969) is an English weather forecaster and television presenter. [1] [2]
Born in Crawley, West Sussex, Young attended the Old Palace School in Croydon, where she is now a governor. [2] She then studied geography at University of Bristol, graduating in 1990. [1] [2]
She joined the Met Office as a graduate trainee in 1990. After qualifying as a weather forecaster, she started broadcasting on HTV West as a stand-in, and then appearing as a regular presenter for BBC West. [2]
In November 1993, she joined the BBC Weather Centre as the then youngest BBC weather presenter. [1] She was the main presenter for The Weather Show and also presented the radio series Strange Weather Days, and the weather series for the children's programme Zig-Zag. She was the lead presenter at the BBC Weather Centre from 2002 until 11 November 2005, when she left to become a full-time mother to her young family. [1]
Young is married to a British Airways pilot, and resident in Sutton in south London. [2] Since her retirement from BBC Weather she has co-authored a children's book, Discovery Plus: Weather & Sky. [3] She also acts for the London Borough of Sutton as an Ambassador for the School Travel Plan, leading assemblies and lessons on environmental issues such as weather/climate change, to all age groups from Nursery School children up to learned adults. [2] [4]
Helen Young (born 10 June 1969) is an English weather forecaster and television presenter. [1] [2]
Born in Crawley, West Sussex, Young attended the Old Palace School in Croydon, where she is now a governor. [2] She then studied geography at University of Bristol, graduating in 1990. [1] [2]
She joined the Met Office as a graduate trainee in 1990. After qualifying as a weather forecaster, she started broadcasting on HTV West as a stand-in, and then appearing as a regular presenter for BBC West. [2]
In November 1993, she joined the BBC Weather Centre as the then youngest BBC weather presenter. [1] She was the main presenter for The Weather Show and also presented the radio series Strange Weather Days, and the weather series for the children's programme Zig-Zag. She was the lead presenter at the BBC Weather Centre from 2002 until 11 November 2005, when she left to become a full-time mother to her young family. [1]
Young is married to a British Airways pilot, and resident in Sutton in south London. [2] Since her retirement from BBC Weather she has co-authored a children's book, Discovery Plus: Weather & Sky. [3] She also acts for the London Borough of Sutton as an Ambassador for the School Travel Plan, leading assemblies and lessons on environmental issues such as weather/climate change, to all age groups from Nursery School children up to learned adults. [2] [4]