also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immigratio
and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. we talk to a journalist who saw one of her first concerts. hello and welcome. welcome to three hours of breaking life stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start with net migration to the uk, which reached record levels last year. 606,000 people were added to the population, as more people moved to the uk than left the country. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. earlier, i asked our head of data, robert cuffe, to break it down for us. the main number is 600,000 people coming through, the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is people coming to the uk from outside the eu, migration within the eu is actually not that substantial, and i can show you that now. the
a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
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