there have been tributes to diana knox brie who has died at the age of 51 after a short illness.d on radio one, alongside sieben —— simon dale and steve wright, and to more than 20 years she was the weather presenter for north—west tonight. her colleague dave guest looks back at her life. weather presenters must remain cool and calm whatever is thrown at them and dianne 0xberry was the coolest of them all. this chart might be the one you like... you can see that the warm air is moving out of the way... this is the comedian, peter kay, making an unexpected appearance during one of her forecasts on the bbc‘s north west tonight programme. god love dianne 0xberry. god love her. you've made it sunshine for everybody. i have. for once. she just had such a great rapport with the public and they loved her. everywhere you went, people would say, "is di coming?" "where's di?" dianne 0xberry began her broadcasting career with steve wright on radio 1 and she was a member of simon mayo's posse on the radio 1 breakfast show. there was a spark in the studio when she was there, you know, and i t