but, until then, from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye.ross the north of scotland had a mild day but for most of us it was really cold. a bit of a breeze, sunshine but also some rain. getting back to normal. a cold start to the day. some freezing fog around also. upon the high ground of wales primarily and it will be lifting. rain not too far away from the west of northern ireland. a frosty start but the best of the sunshine here as we go through the day. wintry start and freezing fog and further south still may be the do shower across eastern countries. the risk of a bit of ice but for most it will be dry with some of brightness and developing. temperatures will be climbing above freezing. milder across the south—west. shell is not far away for cornwall and the threat increases as we go through the day from the west and from the south. having said all that, northern and eastern areas will stay dry albeit cold. temperatures struggling to get much above freezing but for many it will be less chilly than thursday. as we head into the night, w

you're watching monday in parliament with me, kristiina cooper.een defeated in the house of lords over plans to change the way england's universities are run, set out in the higher education bill. peers from different parties combined to vote in favour of an opposition proposal for the bill to define the powers and aims of universities. the bill is designed to make it easier for new colleges to award degrees and will introduce a regulator called the office for students. a succession of peers praised the achievements of england's universities. they are not one size fits all. they are not beholden to the state. they are not looking forward to launching themselves on the ftse 100. they are, to use a phrase of alan bennett's, just keeping on, keeping on, at a higher level in different but effective ways with fertile variations with their primary purpose, which is scholarship. so we must, from the start, and throughout the consideration of this bill, reassert and defend the prime values of our university sector and resist the government's controlling p

but for now, from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye. politics, british weather, but that is not the way of it, things are changing rapidly. quite a mix on offer today, glorious at the moment across the greater parts of scotland but less glorious than yourself. tell the show, you are not alone in derbyshire, we have ushered in the first of a succession of weather fronts from the atlantic. that has spread doom and gloom across the southern half of britain as the day has gone on. further north, glorious sunny weather, make the most of it because you won't see the lack of it again for as long i should say for the forthcoming week. if you have a plan for the next couple of hours, i don't think there will be a great deal of change. like an patchy in the east, it will fill in some more. not overly warm, having had a frosty start, the cloud rolled in. those sorts of numbers in parts of scotla nd sorts of numbers in parts of scotland but at least you have the sunshine through the day and it has been dry. as soon as the sun goes down the temperat