Shocked to read this lovely lady off BBC North West and anchor weather lady has died aged 51 after a short illness at Christies leaving a husband two young children. Awful news-seemed to be the main weather lady on NW TV for many a year. RIP Di

Gosh- that’s very sad

Horrendous news. RIP Dianne.

Terrible news... Seemed a lovely lady. Enjoy life while you can.

A big shock to read about this this morning

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I never realised she was previously a children’s tv presenter fronting the Saturday morning show “8:15 from Manchester”

Dreadfully sad news

RIP Dianne

Oh God no.....she was my pin up girl for years on NW tonight ..So sad to hear this news and my thoughts are with her family at this difficult time...When are they going to find s cure for this terrible disease?

Genuinely shocked to hear this. It only seems the other week she was doing the weather.

She seems to have gone so quickly, frightening, and very sad news indeed, such a familiar face to us in the North West. RIP.

Absolutely saddened to hear of her death. She was only 51 and always appeared in rude health whenever she presented the weather. I'll miss her.
RIP Dianne.

Absolutely devastating news. Sometimes you can't believe or take in what you read. This was one of those moments. RIP Dianne.

How very sad.

This is terrible news. I noticed she hadn't done the weather for a while and wondered why.
What a shock. Thoughts with her family.

RIP Dianne.

Very sad, I remember when she used to be the co-host of Simon Mayo's breakfast show on R1 back in the early 90s.

R.I.P. Dianne..A wonderful lady,newsreader and presenter who will be sadly missed..Far too young to leave us.. Cancer has no bounds.

Really sad news to read about, and no age at all.

RIP, Dianne.

Very sad news...she was about the only reason I used to watch NW news programmes when I lived in the north west. She seemed to have the ability to make even the worst weather being forecasted acceptable.
RIP.

Such sad news. RIP Dianne
Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Very sad. RIP

That's a shock, she used to be on the Breakfast Show with Simon Mayo on Radio 1 which I used to listen to at the time on the way into work.

Very sad news.

Like many posters have said on here, very shocked......lovely lady, made watching tv a pleasure.

Incredibly sad news.
Had no idea she was ill.
Very good at her job and, always came across as a nice lady.

R.I.P Dianne.

I am genuinely saddened by this horrible news.

Dianne Oxberry, by the very nature of her job, became part of the fabric of society for many, many
people, and to have her snatched away from her family and friends at such a young age is horrendous,
very very sad and so unfair.

RIP Dianne - and thankyou for your contribution to life in the North West.

What a great presenter Dianne has been on NW tonight weather.
She will be missed. Her sense of humour was fantastic. Always a smile for everyone.

RIP Dianne

R.I.P. Dianne. You'll be missed by thousands Xxx

So utterly sad. She was always the same radiant person on TV and by all accounts she was the same off TV to those who knew her personally. Our thoughts are with her family and her colleagues who are clearly devastated.
I didn't realise I could feel so upset by the death of a TV presenter. It just shows how they can become such a part of our lives.

Totally out of the blue - one minute here, the next gone. So sad and thoughts have to got to be with her family. RIP.

Rest in peace Dianne.

Not often broadcasters show their personality, but she had bundles of it and was star of the show.

You will be missed.

Can only echo what has already been said. Shocked by the news this morning. As a regular viewer of BBC North West tonight, you feel as though you know them. Always enjoyed the way she gave us the weather forecasts. RIP Dianne.

Obviously I hadn't seen much of her since moving over to West Yorkshire, but still very much remember her when living in Burnley. Blimey, I wasn't sure who she was (going off name) until I Googled her and then I thought, "No way!"

Very sad. Did her job very well and came across as a naturally very nice lady. RIP.

I remember her having a really good rapport with Tony Livesey when he was on the show. Some hilarious moments when they were having the banter.
He'll be devastated too.

RIP Dianne, one of the few BBC presenters who don't annoy the beejaysus out of me. sad and shocking news.

ElectroClaret wrote:I remember her having a really good rapport with Tony Livesey when he was on the show. Some hilarious moments when they were having the banter.
He'll be devastated too.

You're not wrong - he describes her as his "TV wife"

Very, very sad news. Thoughts with her young family. RIP Dianne.

Terribly sad news

So sad.

As has already been said,Dianne came across as a warm beautiful lady.

R.I.P. Dianne

I remember her being with Simon Mayo on R1 Breakfast late 80s. I think she was after Sybil Ruscoe was on there and before Jackie Brambles. Terribly sad news to read this.

Couldn't believe this news when I put the telly on this morning. Must have been very difficult for her colleagues to report this.
RIP Dianne.

Very emotional show tonight with her co-presenters understandably very upset. Credit to them for battling through it and a nice touch to cancel the weather forecast tonight. RIP Dianne.

To be honest that was very difficult to watch, so goodness knows how hard it must have been to present.

Fair play to them all and RIP Dianne.

Strange but it feels like a bereavement of a close friend. RIP.

bfcjg wrote:Strange but it feels like a bereavement of a close friend. RIP.

Shed a tear or three after the North West TV tribute which is strange as never met her, just saw her so much on TV, she obviously had something special, RIP and condolences to her family.

Tragic news RIP

What an awful shock to hear this news . I'm very sad for her husband , the children and her wider family. Her lovely smile and sense of humour will be missed. When I went on a tour of the old BBC studios on Oxford Road we had a chance to have a go at "presenting" the weather under the video tutelage of Diane. It was great fun but quite nerve racking trying to remember all the aspects of the weather and when to press that little hand held button to make the graphics appear. Diane always seemed to make the weather presentation so effortless and make the forecast seem very clear - a real professional and great presenter of other programmes too.

dushanbe wrote:Very sad, I remember when she used to be the co-host of Simon Mayo's breakfast show on R1 back in the early 90s.

Yea I saw them in Blackpool at the radio 1 roadshow.

Rip

karatekid wrote:Very emotional show tonight with her co-presenters understandably very upset. Credit to them for battling through it and a nice touch to cancel the weather forecast tonight. RIP Dianne.

I think the three line poem from the community poet at the end really summed everything up. Left me in tears, if anyone has a link I'd love the hear it again (I am a technology dimwit).

Here you go.
Very sad but it was done really respectfully.

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That was a really tough watch last night and all credit to Diannes fellow presenters and friends for getting to tone absolutely right. It even left me with tears in my eyes

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote:That was a really tough watch last night and all credit to Diannes fellow presenters and friends for getting to tone absolutely right. It even left me with tears in my eyes

Yes it was a fantastic tribute to a wonderful Lady. Well done to BBC look North..

Lovely woman,had a great way with banter as well,she will be sadly missed by everyone....RIP Dianne x