Storm Huntley (born 24 February 1987) is a Scottish television presenter.

Early life and education

Huntley's first name was chosen from a combination of her mother reading a novel where the lead had this name ('' A Sparrow Falls'' by

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) and an

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outside on the day she was born. Her grandmother refused to use this name for some time. As a toddler, she accidentally poured a kettle of boiling water over herself, causing permanent scarring to her arm, shoulder and neck; she chooses clothing to conceal the scars. Raised in

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in the northern part of

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, she attended

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before taking a degree in

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and

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from the

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in 2008. She became involved in the university station's Subcity Radio as well as hospital radio, spent time in

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with a local

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company (''OnFM'') and took a postgraduate diploma in

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from the

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Television career

After a period of unpaid work experience, she found work as a researcher with

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, became increasingly interested in weather reporting and took a short

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course with the

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. In June 2014 Huntley joined STV's new local STV Glasgow channel, presenting weather forecasts and features on its evening daily ''Riverside Show''.

Current work

Since 2015, Huntley has been involved in three shows on British

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television - the seasonal

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show '' Down on the Farm'' and ''

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'' and its replacement ''

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''. ''Down on the Farm'' was nominated for a

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Award in 2016. On Channel 5's daily live morning phone-in debate programme ''The Wright Stuff'' and its 2018 replacement ''

'', she is a co-host, screening and introducing callers to the hosts Matthew Wright and

and reading out viewer correspondence.

Personal life

On 30 October 2020, Huntley announced her engagement to Kerr Okan, lead singer of the rock band

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. They married on 2 September 2021 on the banks of

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in Scotland. Fellow television presenter

Carol Smillie Carol Patricia Smillie (born 23 December 1961) is a Scottish television presenter, actress and former model. Smillie became famous as a presenter on British TV during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was best known for assisting Nicky Campbell on ...

was the officiating registrar at the wedding. On the 9 September 2021 episode of Jeremy Vine, she announced that following her marriage, her professional name would now be just Storm. Huntley gave birth to their son, Otis, on 11 July 2022.

References

External links

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Jeremy Vine
official site
Down on the Farm
official site
Client profile
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