This happened - http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2015/08/23/met-office-in-the-news-bbc-weather-contract/
So I've gathered some links.
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:186634-2014:TEXT:EN:HTML
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/3d035f6d-0ae7-4a9d-81dd-665bb57b27f6
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article1597321.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11819164/Met-Office-lost-BBC-contract-over-dumbing-down-rows-and-weather-app.html
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/24/the-guardian-view-on-the-bbc-and-the-met-office-faltering-forecasts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-loses-bbc-contract-broadcaster-gives-no-reason-for-ending-100year-relationship-10468462.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34031785
http://arstechnica.co.uk/business/2015/08/bbc-fires-met-office-after-93-years-of-weather-forecasting/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3207392/Met-Office-fury-BBC-gives-contract-worth-millions-foreigners.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11818872/Met-Office-loses-multi-million-pound-BBC-weather-contract.html