TV weather presenters 'have moral obligation' to explain climate crisis

Ex-forecaster Francis Wilson says viewers need to be sure presenters are serious experts

The former weather presenter Francis Wilson has said it is now more important than ever for TV forecasters to be serious experts "in a time of floods and fires" caused by global heating.

Wilson, who presented forecasts on BBC Breakfast between 1981 until 1992 and at Sky News from 1993 until 2010, stressed the need to keep audiences engaged and to report accurately as extreme weather becomes more common.