Sue Charles is a

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TV and

weather presenter A weather presenter (also known colloquially in North America as a weatherman or weather broadcaster) is a person who presents the weather forecast daily on radio, television or internet news broadcasts. Using diverse tools, such as projected weath ...

for

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. Sue presents the morning and weekend weather broadcasts for ''

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,'' as well as acting as a relief weather presenter for meteorologist

Derek Brockway Derek Clifford Brockway (born 29 October 1967) is a Welsh meteorologist. After 30 years of being employed by the Met Office he joined the BBC in October 2016. Brockway is based at BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff, Wales and presents weather forecasts ...

. Born and educated in

Llandrindod Wells Llandrindod Wells (, ; cy, Llandrindod, /ɬanˈdɾindɔd/ "Trinity Parish"), sometimes known colloquially as Llandod, is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powys ...

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, she took a holiday job with

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. She started out on the youth programme "Street Cred," and ended up producing and later as a stand-in Christmas news presenter. Moving to

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, she became a music reporter, before moving to

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in 1991, and then to

BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is a Welsh radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It began broadcasting on 13 November 1978, replacing the 'Radio 4 Wales' opt-out service (previously the Welsh Home Service). Radio Wales br ...

as a journalist. In 1998 Charles made the move to television as a presenter on Wales Today. She joined the BBC Wales weather team in 2008, along with fellow weather presenter

Behnaz Akhgar Behnaz Akhgar ( fa, بهناز اخگر; born 21 June 1980 ) is an Iranian- Welsh weather presenter currently working for BBC's Wales Today. She broadcasts the morning and weekend bulletins with Sue Charles, and acts as a relief presenter for m ...

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