Sue Charles is a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 TV and weather presenter for BBC Wales

BBC Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, it directly employs over 1200 people, and produces a broad range of television, radio and online services in both the Welsh and English languages.Outside...

. Sue presents the morning and weekend weather broadcasts for Wales Today, as well as acting as a relief weather 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...

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Born and educated in Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells , colloquially known locally as "Llandod", is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It was developed as a spa town in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before...

, Powys

Powys

Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

, she took a holiday job with Radio Wyvern. She started out on the youth programme "Street Cred," and ended up producing and later as a stand-in Christmas news presenter.

Moving to BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

, she became a music reporter, before moving to BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

 in 1991, before moving to 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...

 as a journalist.

In 1998 Charles made the move to television as a presenter on Wales Today. She joined the BBC Wales weather team in 2008, along with fellow weather presenter Behnaz Akhgar

Behnaz Akhgar

Behnaz Akhgar is a weather presenter for BBC's Wales Today. She broadcasts the morning and weekend bulletins with Sue Charles and acts as a relief presenter for meteorologist Derek Brockway...

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