George Cowling, who was the first ever weather presenter on television, died on 24 December, 2009, aged 89.

Mr Cowling worked for the BBC and presented the first televised forecast from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios on 11 January, 1954.

He joined the Met Office in 1939 and went on to work as a forecaster in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He appeared on the BBC until 1957 and he remained with the Met Office until his retirement in 1981.