Disable display of News in the Weather App

Yes, it's the standard Apple Weather App. You can see the "news" item and it says "open in News" should I actually want to, however I don't want it there at all.....this just started appearing today, never saw it before.

Yes, I know that it's local weather-related, that doesn't change the fact that I don't want it to show up in my Weather app and force me to scroll past it to see the actual weather details I want to see...it should be an option, not forced on users, or at the very least they should let me swipe to close it, which I can't do.

No, it's version 16.6.1.

I check the weather every morning, both local and for where my mom lives (and this is the first time I've seen this news blob), before I get out of bed, AFTER I scan the news headlines with other news apps.

Since I've already scanned the news, I really only need to know what the temp is and what the day will be like (hourly temp forecast) before I get dressed - I don't need weather news alerts that push the hourly temp info out of view, so while I can understand that most people might like those news items in the weather app, for me it's just annoying.

I did the feedback thing and while I have little hope that it will help, I do cling to some small spark of hope that they might make it a setting rather than forced.

I came across another post here about it, but no solution:

Get rid of the News in the Weather App? - Apple Community

And also an older news item on MacRumors from 2022 when this feature was introduced in 2022 but also has no solution to removing it, at that time it was apparently below the 10-day which would be fine with me, but unhappily they've moved it up - maybe because few people were seeing it (and opening it in their crappy News app, which they've been trying to promote).

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/03/weather-app-news-ios-16-2/

SO now it's blocking the hourly and 10-day. :-(

I've never seen it before today either, but it's there. No ads, just an obnoxious news item that pushes down the hourly and 10-day forecasts to below the display ....

Understood, and I do truly appreciate that you took the time to reply. I also use a couple of third party weather apps but have always just appreciated the (former) simplicity of the native app for a quick peek at the day ahead.....but I think you're right, sadly it's time to give up the native App. I'll also follow up using the feedback link you provided, thank you.