Paul Hudson

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Paul Hudson
Born	Paul David Hudson (1971-02-27) 27 February 1971 Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Residence	Shadwell, West Yorkshire
Education	Newcastle University
Occupation	Weather presenter and climate change correspondent
Years active	1997-present
Employer	BBC Yorkshire BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Known for	Look North from Leeds Look North from Hull
Spouse(s)	Nicola Hudson
Children	Two daughters

Paul David Hudson (born 27 February 1971) is a weather presenter for BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England. Paul was born and brought up in Keighley, near Bradford.

After reading geophysics and planetary physics at Newcastle University, he joined the Met Office and did two years at Leeds Weather Centre. He combined this with a two-year stint as a weather presenter for BBC Look North and for the BBC local radio stations in Leeds, York, Humberside and Sheffield.

Paul Hudson is known for his funny, tongue-in-cheek banter with BBC Look North anchor Peter Levy.

Education

Born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire,^[1] his parents bought him his first 'kids weather centre' when he was seven. He went to the Brontë Middle School and Oakbank School on Oakworth Road in Keighley. He has a first-class degree in Geophysics and Planetary Physics from the University of Newcastle. His early memories of local weather forecasting came from fellow Yorkshireman Bob Rust.

Career

Television

He can be seen on both editions of the regional news programme Look North, from Leeds (serving North, West and South Yorkshire and the North Midlands) and Hull (serving East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and north Norfolk). He returned to the BBC Yorkshire weather centre from the Met Office's old home of Bracknell in 1997 when Darren Bett left to present national forecasts. He has currently had the most effective and reliable report in the country over the winter period of November 2010

BBC climate change correspondent

Although most BBC forecasters are not directly employed by the BBC, but by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills's Met Office (formerly the MOD's Met Office), since 2007 Hudson has been a full-time member of BBC staff, not the Meteorological Office, acting as an environmental and climate change expert. He gives talks on the subject to local organisations and school and has appeared on BBC One's Morning Show.

Radio

He can also be heard on BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Wetwang public office

In May 2006, Hudson was elected honorary Mayor of Wetwang. This post was previously occupied by Richard Whiteley.^[2]

Preceded by Richard Whiteley	Mayor of Wetwang May 2006-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Publications

He has written several books, published by Great Northern.

Personal life

He enjoys sea fishing, playing golf (he used to play at Riddlesden Golf Club), cricket (he played for Ingrow St Johns in the Craven League). He supports Bradford City, having a twenty-five-year season ticket, and was trapped in the stand that caught fire in the Bradford City stadium fire of 1985.^[3]

References

↑ "My Yorkshire: Paul Hudson". Yorkshire Post. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
↑ Brooke, Chris (12 September 2009). "Weatherman (with a dry sense of humour) put his own village of Wetwang on the map". Daily Mail (London).
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Persondata
Name	Hudson, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	27 February 1971
Place of birth	Keighley
Date of death
Place of death

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