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Darren Victor Bett (born 1968 in
Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...
,
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) is an
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for the
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, broadcasting on
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. Bett is a main weather presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live and also appears on the
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,
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and
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Early life

As well as Scunthorpe, Bett lived in
Kirton in Lindsey Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Scunthorpe. History Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey afte ...
. He attended the
Huntcliff School, Kirton in Lindsey Huntcliff School is a mixed secondary school located in Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, England. History The school opened as Kirton Lindsey Secondary Modern School. John Rawlinson joined as headteacher in January 1955, after seven yea ...
, where he gave a talk on 21 October 1993. He did his A levels in Maths, Physics and Chemistry''Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph'' Thursday 21 August 1986, page 14 at
John Leggott College John Leggott College is a sixth form college on West Common Lane, in Old Brumby, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. History Technical school The earliest predecessor to the college was known as Scunthorpe Technical High School oCole Str ...
, in the west of Scunthorpe. He studied at the
University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
in
Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, receiving a degree in
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in 1989.


Career

In September 1989, he joined the
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as a weather forecaster. He worked at
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and
Bracknell Bracknell () is a large town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Built-up Area, Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the Bracknell Forest, Borough of Bracknell Forest. It l ...
, then moved to the Leeds Weather Centre in 1992. From 1994, he was one of the main weather presenters for the local regional news programmes ''
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'' and '' Look North''. He moved to
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to work for the BBC News Channel (then called BBC News 24) in November 1997, to be replaced in
Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
by
Paul Hudson Paul David Hudson (born 27 February 1971) is an English weather presenter for BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Hudson was born and raised in Keighley, West Yorkshire. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Bradford College in 2014 ...
.


Personal life

Bett is a keen supporter of
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References


External links


BBC biography
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BBC Weather forecast from 1 August 1999 presented by Darren Bett
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bett, Darren 1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia BBC weather forecasters BBC World News People from the Borough of North Lincolnshire