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BBC Weather's longtime presenters including Tomasz Schafernaker and Louise Lear are reportedly considering leaving the channel over plans for huge cuts by bosses.

As part of a focus on digital content, sources claim that bosses are planning to downsize their national weather team, leaving some of its most dedicated stars eyeing an exit.

It's thought that Tomasz, Louise and Darren Bett are considering voluntary redundancy over changes to BBC Weather that were announced last week. None of them have taken up the offer yet.

Bosses shared last week that they plan to 'make more of their much-loved local weather presenters,' meaning a reduction in the number of forecasts delivered by national presenters.

These new plans will reportedly include cuts to the number of national weather presenter roles from 11 to 4.5.

An insider claimed that the changes come as the traditional weather forecast has become 'less relevant,' with a focus on digital content coming from a 'need for more reporting than presenting.'

BBC Weather's longtime presenters including Tomasz Schafernaker and Louise Lear (pictured) are reportedly considering leaving the channel over plans for huge cuts by bosses

A source said: 'It's the end of an era for our weather presenting. The audience wants a bit of digital and TV - including a good old fashioned forecast.'

A weather presenter also told The Times that their team should be protected from the wider cuts that have impacted the BBC.

They said: 'The team is already very lean and punched above its weight for many years producing a huge amount of output across all platforms 24 hours a day. It isn't fair to compare it to the behemoth that is the rest of BBC News.'

Tomasz has been working at the BBC since 2000, while Louise has hosted bulletins for TV and radio for nearly 30 years.

Darren was chosen as one of the original launching team members for BBC News 24 in 1997 having previously spent three years working for local Look North.

The BBC shared that local presenters will play a key role in future TV weather broadcasts at lunchtimes and weekends.

The Today programme, BBC Breakfast, and the weekday editions of the News at Six will feature separate national forecasts from network weather presenters, as will the News at Ten for a trial period.

It's thought that Tomasz (pictured), Louise and Darren Bett are considering voluntary redundancy after learning of plans to downsize the national weather team

The half-hourly updates on the news channel are being scrapped in favour of automated forecast graphics. Radio forecasts will be read by programme presenters and announcers.

Jonathan Munro, Interim CEO of BBC News, said: 'As this summer's heatwaves have proved, up-to-the minute and accurate weather information has never been more important.

'I'm looking forward to our partnership with the Met Office - this is a very apt time for our two trusted national institutions to be reunited.'

The moves come as part of BBC's plans to cut costs by £500 million over the course of two years, which will result in a loss of up to 2,000 jobs.

Viewers have already seen this through the axing of several much-loved shows, including Live At The Apollo, Celebrity Mastermind and Blankety Blank.

BBC Breakfast has also been put on the chopping block and will no longer be shown on Sundays from September.

Meanwhile, the production teams making Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg and Newsnight will merge, while Radio 4's The World Tonight has also been axed.

Other plans in the announcement include TV production at weekends being shared across the News Channel and BBC One bulletins.

Broadcast TV channels and the radio network portfolio will also be reviewed as audiences move online.

The corporation will also review its chief news presenter roles.

Those roles include Clive Myrie, Ben Brown, Sally Bundock and Geeta Guru-Murthy.

Victoria Derbyshire and Faisal Islam are also chief presenters on Newsnight, while Jon Kay and Sally Nugent are chief presenters on BBC Breakfast.

Around 100 to 150 hours of originated programmes across all commissioning genres will be reduced by the end of the 2027 to 2028 financial year.