Tomasz Schafernaker named UK's favourite weather presenter

Tomasz Schafernaker has been voted the nation’s favourite weather presenter.

He beat off competition from fellow BBC forecaster Carol Kirkwood in the poll of meteorologists past and present.

Schafernaker, who in 2001 became the youngest man to present BBC weather at the age of 22, said: “I’m really flattered… Hopefully we’ll have a lovely summer.”

And he joked: “It won’t be anything to do with me though! I’m not promising – that’s why I’m saying hopefully…”