There are today 7000 more doctors and 21,000 more nurses than there were a year ago. Than there were a year ago. Tens of thousands of people each year are fleeing the welsh run nhs. Sorry , the labour run nhs in sorry, the labour run nhs in wales to have treatment in england. England. Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick is calling for a cap on net migration, saying its the only way to restore voters trust. Mr jenrick says he wants a far more restrictive system allowing less than 100,000 people a year, writing in the sunday telegraph, he said the governments recently passed rwanda bill will join the graveyard of policies that failed to tackle illegal migration last 30 years. Politicians of all stripes have promised controlled and reduced immigration only to deliver the opposite and the pubuc deliver the opposite and the public are rightly furious at whats happened. Its placed immense strain on housing, on pubuc immense strain on housing, on public services, on community cohesion.
Kinnock, says his party will crush the smuggling gangs and make sure that those with no right to be in the United Kingdom are swiftly returned. The alba party has been placed on an election footing as motions of no confidence in scotlands first minister make a general election. There look increasingly likely. Their only msp , ash regan, hasnt confirmed msp, ash regan, hasnt confirmed if shell support humza yousaf , if shell support humza yousaf, but its thought that her vote could be crucial. Mr yousaf is asking leaders of rival parties to find Common Ground after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens. Sharing deal with the greens. Well, for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. Its on the right hand side of your screen right now or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now lets go to free speech nation. Students occupy buildings at Columbia University. Humza yousaf is teetering on the brink and the nhs says that it will use the
And. Well, what happens next . But before we get started, lets get your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Gnaana. Thank you. The top stories this hour. Up to 50 migrants were rescued in a dramatic race against the tide after their boat ran aground on after their boat ran aground on a sandbank off the kent coast. Gb news captured this exclusive video of the migrant arrivals. The small boat ran aground this morning on goodwin sands. No one is believed to have been injured. The incident comes as gb news can reveal the numbers crossing illegally from france have now passed 7000 for the yeah have now passed 7000 for the year. So far, at least five small boats have made it to uk waters so far today , carrying waters so far today, carrying more than 250 migrants. Humza yousaf is said to be asking leaders of other parties to find Common Ground with him, as he ianes Common Ground with him, as he invites them to talks at his official residence to see how they can work with his minority governmen
we actually had surprised him out of the mediaeval history section, but we are lucky he is here now. the funny thing is, we have been sat in front of the computing section, so i don t know how good yourjavascript per programming is. we will catch up with one newsnight is doing on what is happening in the general election campaign today. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in birmingham. hello it s victoria in birmingham. and it s nick in birmingham. this is where you started out as a journalist. i love birmingham, i worked here in my firstjob as a report on radio, commercial radio, as you know, had no staff, i was the only reporter and comparative bbc local radio, there loads of reporters, so we were so hungry. i had sharp elbows, that s where i developed my sharp elbows. what was your favourite story from that period? it was all quite serious stuff, it was the tail end, this is showing my age, the west midlands serious crime squad and the corruption involved in that birm
Next . A big moment for a media mogul Rupert Murdoch is shrinking his empire by selling the majority of his company fox to disney. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh and a rare good day for england at the ashes. Indeed, good afternoon, not a bad start at all and a special moment for dawid malan who had to hold back the tears as he scored his first test century and has helped england into a good position. More later on the hour. Thanks hugh and darren bett has all the weather getting colder again. Yes, we have seen some snow, its getting colder, probably only briefly, changes on the way this weekend, and in the run up to christmas but dont tell anyone your secret is safe with us, you know that also coming up a 70 year old mystery is solved the story of the baby boy who was found in a box on the steps of the bbc. A multi Faith Memorial Service has taken place at st. Pauls cathedral six months to the day since the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london which left 71 peopl