TYNE Tees weatherman Bob Johnson has been promoting an executive pensions seminar to be held on Thursday.

Jonathan Fry and Company is holding the event at Darlington Football Club's stadium between 3pm and 6pm on Thursday.

The briefing is free and will include advice on how best to implement a self-invested personal pension (Sipp).

Giving his backing, Mr Johnson said: "It is important to start planning now if you want to have a sunny retirement."

The presentation is well-timed, given the publication this week of the Turner Report by Pensions Commission chairman Lord Turner. It is expected to recommend the state pension age be raised from 65 to 67, starting in 2020, when the women's state pension age is aligned with men's at 65. To book a place at the seminar, call (01748) 825971.