Holiday makers love it but the BBC has forgotten it.

Cornwall, Britain’s southernmost county, is regularly obscured by weather presenters as they deliver the forecast, tourism chiefs have complained.

The oversight, which has promoted much lobbying and public criticism, eventually resulted in a meeting between senior members of the BBC weather presenting team, including Carol Kirkwood, and Visit Cornwall boss Malcolm Bell, at the BBC studios in London.

“They stand directly in front of western Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly,” Mr Bell said.

“They listened to what we had to say in the meeting and said they would work harder to avoid blocking the region.

“I did notice a slight improvement after we spoke to them, they did seem to shuffle back a bit. But more recently, they’ve drifted forward again.