sur lenny henry, thank you for your time. thank you very much.sunny spells and a few showers, the showers fairly hit and miss. for wales, we are looking at some showers but a loss of sunshine, and then as we crossed the irish sea into northern ireland, again you have bright and some showers. don‘t forget it will also be breezy. for scotland, some of the showers are merging across the north—east but some parts of eastern and southern scotland could escape them altogether. as could some parts of northern england, and get away with a dry day. as we come further south, we see some of the showers moving across somerset, in the dorset and the home counties. they will all fade as we go through the course of this evening, but more showers will pile in from the west across northern ireland, into scotla nd across northern ireland, into scotland and northern england, some of them merging. temperature—wise, 12 to 15 will be the overnight lows, in the countryside a little lower. tomorrow we start of the showers continuing to drift north—eastwards. then anothe

sir lenny henry was talking about the fa ct lenny henry was talking about the fact that he came to universityverent our students need to be reverent our students need us to be. what clearing is is just a conversation about do we have the right course and are you the right person to fill that programme. it is an enormous relationship of trust for every student. thank you very much. i'll leave you to get on with your work. these lines will be open all night and they will shut at eight o'clock. it will be a long, ha rd eight o'clock. it will be a long, hard night. with me now is alistairjarvis — chief executive of universities uk. thanks for coming into to talk to us. why are there fewer applicants for university this year? there are slightly fewer applicants. last year was a wreck a due, so this uses the second best year on record. of course, this is only partly through the cycle. we expect that by the autumn, by the time universities open their doors to students, we are likely to have similar numbers to last year. and you don't think there are students out there saying, i don't want to saddle

it is lenny henry. i'm the chancellor of birmingham city university. what is your name?e, university remains the main choice for 18—year—olds. remains the main choice for 18-year-olds. my mum used to say you must get them education so that you have something to fall back on. and she was right. and for young people out there, that is what you have got to do. take advantage of this. it is a life transforming thing. 40% of the student body are mature students. it is never too late. not eve ryo ne students. it is never too late. not everyone agrees. writing the daily telegraph, nick timothy, the former chief of staff of the prime minister said... today there are more options available to those put off by the cost of higher education. more people are choosing to do apprenticeships because you can make money while learning. a lot of people think it is quite costly now, because the costs of university have obviously gone up. you must put the cost of university in context. stu d e nts cost of university in context. students pay a portion of it, so does the general taxpayer. it i

it is lenny henry, the chancellor of birmingham city university. what is your name?oing to university remains the choice of 18—year—olds. going to university remains the choice of 18-year-olds. my mum used to say, you need an education to have something to fall back on. she was right. take advantage of this, it isa was right. take advantage of this, it is a brilliant, life transforming thing and 40% of the student body mature students, so it is never too late. not everyone agrees. in the daily telegraph, nick timothy said, we have created an unsustainable and ultimately pointless ponzi scheme and young people know it. with average debts of £50,000, british stu d e nts average debts of £50,000, british students are the most indebted in the developed world. more people are choosing to do apprenticeships because you make money while learning. a lot of people think it is quite costly. costs have obviously gone. you have got to put the cost of university in context. students bear a proportion of it, so does the tax payer. it is right there is a sharing out, it would be un

it is lenny henry here. i am the chancellor at birmingham city university.e, going to university remains the main choice for 18—year—olds. remains the main choice for 18-year-olds. my mum used to say," you need an education to fall back on" and she was right. for young people out there, you have to take advantage of this. it is amazing and 40% of the student body are mature stu d e nts 40% of the student body are mature students so it is never too late. not everyone agrees. writing in the daily telegraph, nick timothy today there are more put off by the cost of education. a lot of people think it is costly now because the costs have obviously gone up. you have to put the cost of university in context. student there a proportion of it, so does the taxpayer. it is right there is a sharing out of that cost. it would be unfairon the sharing out of that cost. it would be unfair on the general taxpayer, many of whom have not gone to university and benefited from the higher salaries that graduates earn. here it is as busy as ever and it will remain as part of the a

it is lenny henry here. i am the chancellor at birmingham city university. what is your name?ive, going to university remains the main choice for 18—year—olds. my mum used to say," you need an education to fall back on" and she was right. for young people out there, you have to take advantage of this. this is a brilliant, life transforming thing. 40% of the student body and mature students, so it is never too late. not everyone agrees. today there are more options available to those put off by the cost of higher education. more people are choosing to do apprenticeships because it appeals to them to make money. a lot of people think it is quite costly. you have to put the cost of university in context. stu d e nts students bear a portion. it is right there is a sharing out of that cost. it would be unfair on the general taxpayer, many of whom have not gone to university and benefited from the higher salaries that graduates earn. here it is as busy as ever and it will remain as part of the a—level results day ritual. with me is geoff barton, general secretary of the association