BBC News reports the death of TV and radio presenter Dianne Oxberry.
51 year old Dianne died from cancer on Thursday.
She became the BBC Manchester weather presenter in 1994, and took part in many of BBC Manchester's regional TV programmes.
In 2002 she was asked to present BBC Radio Manchester's lunchtime show. She then co-hosted the station's flagship breakfast show with Eamonn O'Neal between 2006 and 2008.
"Aziz Rashid, head of BBC North West, said: "We are all devastated by this dreadful news. The coming days will be difficult but we will do our best to pay tribute to someone who meant so much to us all and made such an enormous contribution to broadcasting in the North West.
Helen Thomas, director of BBC England, said: "Dianne had a remarkable career. For more than two decades, she was a key part of one of the most watched regional news programmes in the country. Prior to that, she'd had a successful stint working on air at Radio 1."
"The Guardian" has a tribute,
here.
"The Independent"'s tribute is
here.