Wendy Louise Hurrell is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 television presenter currently working as a weather presenter for BBC London

BBC London

BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily BBC London News and the weekly Politics Show on television, the BBC London 94.9 radio station and local coverage of the...

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Early life

Hurrell was born in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 and grew up in Filby

Filby

Filby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 740 in 308 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Great Yarmouth....

 near Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...

. She studied for her degree at Goldsmith's College, London.

Broadcasting career

She started broadcasting on Broadland 102FM radio station in Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

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Hurrell then moved to Anglia Television

Anglia Television

Anglia Television is the ITV franchise holder for the East Anglia franchise region. Although Anglia Television takes its name from East Anglia, its transmission coverage extends beyond the generally accepted boundaries of that region. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional...

 in 2003 as a production journalist. She moved to the weather team in 2004 to cover for Sara Thornton's

Sara Thornton (weather forecaster)

Sara Thornton is an English broadcast journalist and weather presenter.Born in Yorkshire, she was raised in the United States, returning to England to study for her A Levels. After a university education, she studied for a post-graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism, and then joined the BBC as a...

 maternity leave.

In 2007 she presented the Anglia programme Bygones with Eddie Anderson.

In September 2008 she moved to London

London

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 to join the BBC

BBC

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, where she now presents the regional weather forecast on BBC Breakfast

BBC Breakfast

BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...

and BBC London News

BBC London News

For other uses of the BBC London brand, see BBC London .BBC London News is the BBC's regional television news programme for the English region encompassing London and surrounding suburbs...

. She also announces the weather forecast on BBC London 94.9

BBC London 94.9

BBC London 94.9 is London's BBC Local Radio station, and part of BBC London. Broadcasting across Greater London and beyond on 94.9 FM, DAB, Virgin Media Channel 930, Sky Channel 0152 and also online...

. She is known for her precise use of English grammar

English grammar

English grammar is the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences...

(for example, "wrap up warmly") and imaginative use of adjectives (e.g. "shallow fog") and describes herself on her website as a "frustrated wordsmith".