TV presenter Ross Hutchinson gave his dad Robin the ultimate Father's Day present - a lifesaving kidney. The ITV Tyne, Tees and Border weather man donated his organ in November last year after both of his dad's kidneys failed. But for Robin Hutchinson, being reunited with his son was the best gift of all.

"One of the strange and most beautiful things about what has happened is that by having the transplant we are talking again," he said. "That is something I value even more than receiving the kidney. It has meant I have my son again which is the most beautiful thing.

" Ross's parents divorced when he was 13 and he'd grown apart from his dad by the time he became as an adult. But when word spread amongst his siblings that Robin, 65, was in hospital and needed a kidney transplant, he immediately offered to help if he could. "I wasn't in regular contact with dad growing up but there wasn't any animosity," said Ross, 41.

"We'd just gone on separate paths. I had a really lovely childhood with him in a very creative and fun household. "When dad first went into hospital, a family group chat was set up amongst us kids.

The words kidney failure were mentioned and I said: 'if you need a kidney, you can have one of mine'." Robin's ordeal had begun two and a half years ago when he experienced back pain and tiredness. His optician then spotted elevated blood pressure in his eyes, prompting a blood test that revealed his kidney function was just three per cent.

"I did hold onto the idea tha.