hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris. the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league success. his england team mates can t wait to see him back. and success, at last, for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. that s all to come, but we start with news that s reached us in the last half an hour or so that rugby league legend rob burrow has died. he was 41 years old. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, just two years after he ended his playing career with rugby league side leeds rhinos. he, his family and his great friend and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of
final. hello. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. nd in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . our political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that the way the
hello. we start in the uk, where sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. he plans to introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in thejob market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . here is our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this campaign and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how muc
won all of them, so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know that when distefano is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who says it ll take something special to stop alcaraz and swiatek in both draws. i think he mightjust be my man to beat. the onyx centre would be the other one. and, despite the late finish we saw last night, we saw signs novak djokovic s game is improving. so those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm co