others objected to the increased text shown on screen, with dennis franklin writing... to answer that question and others i'm joined by liz howell, the head of bbc weather. thank you for coming on newswatch. people are saying it wasn't broke, why did you change the weather? well, under eu laws we had to run a regulated procurement process when our previous contract ran out. and quite simply, meteo group was the best fit. in every respect. and so that's why they were awarded the contract. so what are some of the specific changes you've made that will notice? we're really excited about some of these. so we have realistic mapping, so we can put roads on their and urban areas on there so we can show where weather is affecting travel. we have on the app and on the website 1a days now of forecast data for each hour of the day. we have a feels like temperature, which really tells people what it's going to be like when they step out the door. we have a percentage chance of rain. alongside that now the forecasters and presenters have far more forecasting models available to them