Lucy Verasamy

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Lucy Verasamy
Born (1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 41)
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
EducationBrunel University
OccupationTV presenter
Years active2005–present
Known forITV Weather
ITV Racing
Good Morning Britain

Lucy Verasamy (born 2 August 1980) is a British weather forecaster for ITV Weather, ITV Racing and ITV's Good Morning Britain.[1]

Early life and education[]

Verasamy was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk and attended Silfield Primary School in Wymondham, Framlingham College Junior School in Suffolk and King Edward VII School in King's Lynn,[2] where she studied A-Level Geography. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from Brunel University in 2001.[citation needed]

Career[]

After graduation, Verasamy trained and worked as a meteorologist at the Press Association’s weather centre (Later renamed Meteogroup – Europe’s Largest private weather company) – writing national and international weather forecasts for TV, radio, and Newspapers. [3][4]

Having previously completed a work experience placement at the Sky Weather Centre before becoming a weather forecaster, Verasamy joined Sky and became the regular weather presenter on the Sky News breakfast show Sunrise.[5][6] In 2007, the Sky News website started a feature entitled Climate Clinic – Ask Lucy as part of their Green Britain campaign, where Verasamy answered questions put forward by members of the public regarding climate change.[7] She also contributed to Sky News The Weather Girls blog.[8]

On 6 September 2010, she joined the newly launched ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak, as a weather forecaster and environment correspondent, alongside Kirsty McCabe.[5] On 7 February 2012, McCabe left the programme, leaving Verasamy the sole weather forecaster. On 2 August 2012, she too left the programme.

Since 2012, Verasamy has fronted the national weather forecasts for ITV.[9]

In addition, as of 2017, Verasamy is part of the ITV Racing team as a weather expert.[10] She also joined Good Morning Britain as a relief weather presenter from August. In 2019 she fronted the M & S Fresh Food Market promotions.[11]

March 2020, new ITV travel show How To Spend It Well on Holiday that is co-presented by Verasamy and Phillip Schofield was pulled from airing due to the Coronavirus, it is now expected to be shown at a later date.[12][13]

November 2020, Verasamy began presenting on ITV's digital series Climate Crisis: Our Changing World, alongside fellow ITV weather presenters Laura Tobin and Alex Beresford.[14]

In 2021, Verasamy fronted M&S 'Fresh Market Buffet' successful tv advertising campaign, featuring cooked produce from M&S 's own growers and producers locations, ranging from North Scotland to Jersey and screened during May and June

Career history[]

References[]

  1. ^ ITV National Weather Team itv.com, 28 June 2020
  2. ^ Extreme Phone Calls Pilot Geography Blog: Weather, Geography Department, King Edward School, 12 May 2006
  3. ^ 13 dead as gales whip Europe Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Cambodian Online
  4. ^ Water warning as heat spreads BBC News, 6 August 2003
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Daybreak Press Pack ITV.com, 31 August 2010
  6. ^ "Presenters – Lucy Verasamy". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  7. ^ Climate Clinic – Ask Lucy Sky News, 12 January 2007
  8. ^ The Weather Girls – Caught out in Cornwall Sky News, 19 July 2010
  9. ^ Methven, Nicola (15 May 2012). "Under a cloud: Daybreak weatherman changes his mind on new job".
  10. ^ ITV unveils racing team including weather forecaster Lucy Verasamy, Marcus Armytage, Telegraph, 17 October 2016
  11. ^ "M&S links with ITV Weather's Lucy Verasamy for fresh campaign".
  12. ^ "Phillip Schofield poses with new co-host Lucy Verasamy after Holly Willoughby lands new show". 27 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  13. ^ "ITV pulls Philip Schofield's How to Spend It Well on Holiday due to coronavirus". radiotimes.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Climate Crisis, Our Changing World: The story of 2020". itv.com. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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