Terminally ill UK student ticks weather presenter off bucket list

Laura Nuttall was given just 12 months to live after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

The UK student was given the diagnosis four years ago and defied expectations to finish university, graduating last week from the University of Manchester.

Now, the 22-year-old from Lancashire has crossed another ambition off her bucket list - presenting a weather forecast.

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Nuttall visited the BBC's Salford studios earlier this week and was given a crash course by weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans.

"How are you feeling about doing your first weather forecast?" Evans asked in a clip released by the broadcaster.

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"I am looking forward to it. I can't wait," she replied.

Part-way through BBC North West Tonight on Tuesday, Nuttall stepped in and hit the airwaves to read the synoptic chart.

"As you can see, we have an area of high pressure moving towards the UK, a possibility of some rain on Thursday," she told viewers, wearing a lightning bolt T-shirt.

"Highs of 23 degrees, but mostly good.

"That's the weather from me."

Evans shared his delight at his co-star's performance on-air, tweeting the clip.

"Laura, you're amazing," he said.

"So wonderful to have Laura on @BBCNWT yesterday doing our weather! Currently most watched on the BBC News website, which is just fabulous x."

The Brain Tumour Charity ambassador also spoke to North West Tonight presenter Roger Johnson in the studio.

Nuttall was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme after a routine eye test in 2018 and was later found to have eight tumours.

After her devastating diagnosis she began working her way through a bucket list including meeting Michelle Obama, commanding a Royal Navy ship, and sharing a drink at a pub with British actor Peter Kay.