1. Carol Kirkwood was born on 29 May 1962 and is a Scottish weather presenter, trained by the Met Office, and employed by the BBC, on BBC Breakfast.
12 Facts About Carol Kirkwood
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Carol Kirkwood rejoined the BBC at the corporation's Elstree Studios training department in 1993 as a freelance presenter, during which time she presented a bi-monthly programme Talking Issues for HTV West.
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In 1996 Carol Kirkwood joined the new UK operation of The Weather Channel, but after it closed down she underwent training under the guidance of the BBC at the Met Office, before joining BBC News in April 1998 as a weather presenter.
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Carol Kirkwood has since appeared regularly across all of BBC Weather's output on both radio and television, including BBC News, BBC World News, BBC News at Six and the live forecasts as part of the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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The programme moved from London to MediaCityUK in Salford in 2012 but Carol Kirkwood stayed in London, presenting the weather on Breakfast via video link.
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Carol Kirkwood presented the BBC's The Weather Show and is a regular contributor and reporter for The One Show.
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In 2011, Carol Kirkwood co-presented the BBC One series The Great British Weather.
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Carol Kirkwood presented the weather on BBC Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.
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Carol Kirkwood has appeared as a guest on CBBC's show Hacker Time.
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Carol Kirkwood was previously married to Jimmy Carol Kirkwood; they divorced in 2008.
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Carol Kirkwood announced her engagement to her new partner, Steve Randall, live on BBC Breakfast from the Chelsea Flower Show, on 23 May 2022.
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Carol Kirkwood received an Honorary Fellowship from Princess Anne for "contributions to broadcasting" at Inverness College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, on 17 November 2015.