The clock strikes 8.35am on a cold and gloomy Saturday in November and a cannon of glitter and confetti is set off at the dock10 studios in MediaCity, Salford.
With crowds cheering, an ecstatic but emotionally-drained Owain Wyn Evans emerges from behind his drum kit with tears already welling up in his eyes.
Having just completed a grueling 24-hour ‘drumathon’ challenge for Children in Need, the BBC weatherman is absolutely taken aback by the response. "I can't believe that we've done it, you know," he told BBC Breakfast as soon as he finished. "It just felt like a really long time and it's been really hard.” READ MORE: Mum who had to use foodbanks to survive now runs her own business earning £30k a MONTH Within 48 hours, Owain’s
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