Darren Bett

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Darren Bett
Born
Darren Victor Bett

(1968-07-21) July 21, 1968 (age 56) [1]
Nationality British
OccupationWeather forecaster
Years active1989–present

Darren Victor Bett (born July 1968 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire) is an English weather forecaster for the BBC, broadcasting on television and radio. Bett is a main weather presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live and also appears on the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, BBC One and BBC Radio 4.

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Early life

He was born in Scunthorpe War Memorial Hospital in July 1968, the son of Margaret Goodband (1943-2024) and Victor Bett. His father studied at North Lindsey Technical College in the field of the iron and steel industry. [2] His brother Russell was born on 6 June 1971. [3]

As well as Scunthorpe, Bett lived in Kirton in Lindsey, [4] on Highfield Drive, [5] where he attended primary school. [6] [7]

He attended the Huntcliff School, Kirton in Lindsey, where he gave a talk on 21 October 1993. [8] He completed his A levels in maths, physics and chemistry [9] at John Leggott College, in the west of Scunthorpe. He studied at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, receiving a degree in environmental science in 1989. [10]

Career

In September 1989, he joined the Met Office as a weather forecaster. He worked at Glasgow Weather Centre and the National Meteorological Centre in Bracknell, then moved to the Leeds Weather Centre in 1992. [10] From 1994, he was one of the main weather presenters for the local regional news programmes Calendar and Look North . He moved to London to work for the BBC News Channel (then called BBC News 24) in November 1997, to be replaced in Leeds by Paul Hudson.

Personal life

Bett is a keen supporter of Liverpool Football Club.[ citation needed ]

His brother married in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in February 1997. [11] His brother studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Huddersfield, and likewise lives in Hampshire.

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References

  1. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 23 July 1968, page 2
  2. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 18 July 1964, page 5
  3. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 1 June 1984, page 2
  4. Retford News Friday 19 November 1976, page 2
  5. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 11 June 1982, page 12
  6. Retford News Friday 10 June 1977, page 2
  7. Retford News Friday 21 July 1978, page 2
  8. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 15 October 1993, page 14
  9. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 21 August 1986, page 14
  10. 1 2 "Darren Bett". BBC Weather. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  11. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 11 February 1997, page 11