of the reason for today s record migration figures is that many sectors of the british economy still rely on hiring overseas workers because of a shortage of staff in some key industries and services as john maguire reports. drawing on the talents of all to create british jobs for british workers. 16 years since the then prime minister gordon brown s pledge, and many sectors continue to rely heavily on migrant labour. why did you come to the uk? because romania, the money is, in the uk, it s. better money? better money, yes. years of failing to invest in the construction workforce means a lack of home grown tradespeople. certainly not in the quantity and quality, the good quality that we need. and as industry carries on, those ancient trades, they re retiring. so the only real fast flow
on the western front dominated at the baftas last night, taking home seven awards, including best film. the german language drama s seven wins broke the bafta record for the most awards for a film not in english. you may remember dippy the diplodocus probably the world s most famous replica dinosaur skeleton. for more than a century, dippy stood in london s natural history museum, but more recently, he s been touring the uk. and now, he s been found a more permanent home, in coventry, as john maguire reports. the wonder and the awe of being the first to see dippy the diplodocus in its new home, in the centre of coventry. i think it s so cool how long the tail is, and how they ve kept it upright, without it falling down to the floor. dippy is a replica, made up of casts of various diplodocus discoveries, to form the huge skeleton that first
february 6th. both groups are also striking today but the impact will be less severe as it involves only ambulance drivers in wales, and nurses in england. the dispute is about pay and conditions, as john maguire reports. protect the nhs! once again, today, as yesterday and for the third time this winter, tens of thousands of nurses are leaving their wards and joining picket lines outside. so every day is a struggle for all of us working in the hospital. we have to deal with short staffing every single day, asking our workforce to stretch themselves more than they are able to do. we ve been doing it for so long that we are running on fumes. nurses using food banks, there are nurses here who have been referred to the local food bank. that s unacceptable in 21st century britain. i would never have considered myself the sort of person to be joining - this, but over that period of time
the territorial integrity of kosovo. the institutions of kosovo will not talk and cooperate with criminals, but will arrest them. here in the uk, two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man on the dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. 23 year old cody fisher was stabbed at the crane in the digbeth area of the city. west midlands police say a 22 year old man was detained in birmingham, while another man, aged 21, was arrested in london. you might think the days of spending the christmas holidays building your new model plane are well and truly over, but the classic hobby is alive and kicking. lockdowns and social media have fuelled a boom in sales, as john maguire reports. before you build a model aeroplane, the kit you use is built here in a factory in east sussex. it marks a return to uk production. molten plastic is pumped
you might think the days of spending the christmas holidays building a model plane are over, but the classic hobby is still alive. lockdowns and social media have fuelled a boom in sales, as john maguire reports. before you build a model aeroplane, the kit you use is built here in a factory in east sussex. it marks a return to uk production. molten plastic is pumped into a high pressure press which contains an intricately detailed mould. what comes out and are then checked by eye are the frames known as sprews. they hold the parts ready to be removed and assembled. this is the 1:2a scale mk9 super marine spitfire a new kit created by airfix and in painstaking detail. the spitfires were renowned for being incredibly well made. so some aircraft, this kind of effect of the wind is really pronounced.