Ruth Wignall is a British television presenter for ITV Wales

HTV

HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...

, presenting weekday weather forecasts during Wales Tonight

Wales Tonight

Wales Tonight is a national television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Wales at its studios in the western outskirts of Cardiff....

and short news bulletins (ITV Wales News). She is also a reporter and researcher for the regional consumer affairs programme, The Ferret

The Ferret

The Ferret is a long-running consumer affairs television programme that is broadcast on ITV1 Wales. The programme was first broadcast in 1996 on HTV. It is currently presented by by Chris Segar and Hannah Thomas. Previous presenters include Ruth Wignall....

, alongside Chris Segar

Chris Segar

Chris Segar is a Welsh television presenter best known for presenting the consumer affairs programme The Ferret since 1996.-Career:Chris Segar started his career as a daily newspaper reporter and from 1963 worked for Radio Clwyd and BBC Wales before moving to ITV Wales, where he has specialised in...

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Career

Ruth Wignall is best known for presenting the weather on ITV Wales but began her career on a radio show before training as a news reporter and presenter. Programmes she has presented include The Ferret, Grassroots

Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...

, the Royal Welsh Show

Royal Welsh Show

The Royal Welsh Show is the biggest agricultural show in Europe. It is organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, which was formed in 1904, and takes place in July of each year, at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in Powys, Mid Wales....

and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

Ruth also presented A Little Piece of Paradise on ITV Wales where she visited a number of unusual gardens at Snowdonia National Park, Monmouth

Monmouth

Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....

, Denbigh

Denbigh

Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...

, Caldicot

Caldicot

Caldicot may refer to:In the United Kingdom:* Caldicot, Monmouthshire** Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire** Caldicot * Caldicot, Buckinghamshire- See also :* Caldecote * Caldicott * Caldecott...

, Barry, Laugharne and Machynlleth

Machynlleth

Machynlleth is a market town in Powys, Wales. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads.Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official...

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Education

After graduating with a degree in communications Ruth Wignall studied post-graduate journalism at Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

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Charity work

Ruth has hosted charity fashion shows for charities including the breast care centre at Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

 Hospital and the George Thomas

George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy

Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy PC was a British Labour Party politician and Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Port Talbot, Wales, he initially worked as a teacher in both London and Cardiff...

 Hospice.

Private Life

Wignall lives in Gower

Gower Peninsula

Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...

, Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, has two children and is married to Swansea businessman and nightclub owner Jonathan Wignall.

External links

• Ruth Wignall presenting ITV Wales Weather (Video)