TV weatherman Fred Talbot has received a five year prison sentence after being found guilty of two counts of indecent assault.

Sordid diary extracts revealing Fred Talbot’s ‘obsession’ with teenage boys have been released by police – after they were used to convict him at a Manchester court today.

The 65-year-old, who worked as a biology teacher at Altrincham Grammar school, was cleared of eight other indecent assault charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court earlier today.