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Shefali Oza is weather presenter for BBC Midlands Today, the regional news programme for the West Midlands.

She began working on the programme in January 1993 after being 'discovered' at an audition day organised by the BBC's Multi-Cultural Programmes Unit which was looking for new presenters for Network East.

Shefali was spotted by the then TV News Editor, Peter Lowe, and invited to join others being auditioned for the new role of weather presenter for BBC Midlands Today.

Shefali, the daughter of a Nottingham GP, originally trained to be a solicitor but admits that was really her "safe option" if her television amibitions could not be fulfilled.

Every weekday she prepares for her TV forecasts by spending time at the Met Office talking to meteorologists and writing her own scripts and storylines. As well as her full nightly forecast on the programme, Shefali also presents a weather bulletin on the lunchtime news. Over the years, Shefali's role on BBC Midlands Today has also included several successful features, including one which enabled viewers to discover what life is like on a Royal Navy nuclear submarine, when Shefali spent four days living on HMS Splendid.

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	Shefali Oza is weather presenter for BBC Midlands Today, the regional news programme for the West Midlands. She began working on the programme in January 1993 after being 'discovered' at an audition day organised by the BBC's Multi-Cultural Programmes Unit which was looking for new presenters for Network East. Shefali was spotted by the then TV News Editor, Peter Lowe, and invited to join others being auditioned for the new role of weather presenter for BBC Midlands Today. Shefali, the daughter of a Nottingham GP, originally trained to be a solicitor but admits that was really her "safe option" if her television amibitions could not be fulfilled. Every weekday she prepares for her TV forecasts by spending time at the Met Office talking to meteorologists and writing her own scripts and storylines. As well as her full nightly forecast on the programme, Shefali also presents a weather bulletin on the lunchtime news. Over the years, Shefali's role on BBC Midlands Today has also included several successful features, including one which enabled viewers to discover what life is like on a Royal Navy nuclear submarine, when Shefali spent four days living on HMS Splendid.

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