spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. it s sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration that s the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus yesterday, has previously said that s too high. now he s promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn t said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper read my lips, i will bring immig
i don t want to do it again. a portrait will hang permanently in shrewsbury museum and art gallery alongside an exhibition celebrating martin s life. 0n speaking to martin during the sittings, i i saw a vulnerability there, as well, that i kind - of wanted to come through. ijust wanted us to show martin how much the town loves him and values him for everything that he s done for the last 40 years. whoever takes over from shrewsbury s longest serving town crier and whenever that will be has a very hard act to follow. ijust keep going for as long as i can. and as long as the people in shrewsbury love me and want me, i ll be here. james bovill, bbc news. 0ur king! election campaigning has entered its second weekend and the parties are on the trail competing for voters support. over the next five weeks leading up to polling day, we ll bring you reaction from across the uk. this morning, we re looking at porthcawl in wales.
and the cricket t20 world cup co hosts usa have beaten canada by seven wickets in the tournament opener in texas. defending champions england play scotland in the first game for both countries on tuesday, if you want to become a town crier, you need to know how to stand out from a crowd and luckily for martin wood, he s 7 2 . well, martin s been announcing major events in shrewsbury for a0 years and to mark the occasion an exhibition is being held in his honour. james bovill went to meet him. when you re seven foot two inches tall with a voice. 0yez, oyez! ..louder than pneumatic drill, attracting attention isn t difficult. thank you. it s definitely very different from what we have in the states. he s very tall, very colourful, and it sjust. it was really special to see. i m glad i got to see it.
why not? even though i just. even though i like thisjob, i don t want to do it again. ijust wanted us to show martin how much the town loves him and values him for everything that he s done for the last 40 years. whoever takes over from shrewsbury s longest serving town crier and whenever that will be has a very hard act to follow. ijust keep going for as long as i can. and as long as the people in shrewsbury love me and want me, i ll be here. james bovill, bbc news. 0ur king! i don t know what actually gave me advantage. what a lovely story. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. high pressure to the west of the uk has brought most areas a dry weekend. we did see more cloud, though, work into scotland and northern ireland through the day. at the same time, sunday saw much more in the way of sunshine
didn t appear in the big welsh dictionary until 1985. we were challenging people. we were saying, that s not true. our little corner of south wales, our valleys in the swansea valley, we played a big role in changing public perception and public opinion. here in the uk, the role of the town crier can be traced back at least to medieval times. theirjob is to makes public pronouncements james bow vill went to meet him. when you re seven foot two inches tall with a voice. 0yez, oyez! ..louder than pneumatic drill, attracting attention isn t difficult. thank you. it s definitely very different from what we have in the states. he s very tall, very colourful, and it sjust. it was really special to see. i m glad i got to see it. 0yez! martin wood has been oyezing for four decades.