Behnaz Akhgar is a weather presenter for BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Wales Today. She broadcasts the morning and weekend bulletins with Sue Charles

Sue Charles

Sue Charles is a Welsh TV and weather presenter for BBC Wales. Sue presents the morning and weekend weather broadcasts for Wales Today, as well as acting as a relief weather presenter for meteorologist Derek Brockway....

 and acts as a relief presenter for meteorologist Derek Brockway

Derek Brockway

Derek Brockway is a Welsh meteorologist employed by the Met Office and based at BBC Wales in Cardiff.- Education :Brockway first attended Holton Road Primary School and then Barry Boys Comprehensive from 1979 to 1986...

. Behnaz, Benny or Beninda to her friends is from a Persian-Welsh background, her first language is Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

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Career

Akhgar joined the BBC in 2001, working behind the scenes before becoming a picture editor

Picture Editor

A picture editor, sometimes known as a photo editor, is a professional who collects, reviews, and chooses photographs and/or illustrations for publication in alignment with preset guidelines. Publications include, but are not limited to, websites, books, magazines, newspapers, art galleries, museum...

 and video journalist. During this time she applied for weather presenting jobs landing her current role in 2008, on her third attempt.

Akhgar presents the morning and weekend weather bulletins with Sue Charles and acts as a relief presenter for meteorologist Derek Brockway when he is away. She also presents regular bulletins on BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales is the BBC's national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. Operated by BBC Wales, it began broadcasting on 12 November 1978 following the demise of the old "Radio 4 Wales" when BBC Radio 4 became a national network and moved from medium wave to long wave...

throughout the day.