at six, the uk's net migration hits the highest level yet on record. skilled workers like nurses and carers boosted the numbers, meaning over 600,000 more people came to the uk than left in 2022. that's up almost 25% in a year. without india we will be here. and without us the hospital neither. we need to be training people to do these _ need to be training people to do these jobs and to pay them more. the prime these jobs and to pay them more. prime minister these jobs and to pay them more. iie: prime minister says the net migration figures are not out of control, but they are too high. also on the programme... the chief constable of the uk's second biggest force, police scotland, says it's

instituitionally racist and sexist in what's thought to be the first admission of its kind in the uk. household energy bills for many will fall for the first time in almost three years this summer, but they'll still be much higher than before the war in ukraine. and how hundreds of strangers gathered in london today for the military funeral of a black world war ii veteran who died alone. coming up on bbc news... have spurs missed their slot? the dutch manager says he's staying at feyenoord. the latest being linked with a vacantjob in north london turns down the chance to join tottenham. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. net migration in the uk soared last year, reaching record levels. have a look at this, it gives you a clear picture ofjust

how much migration to the uk has changed over the past 31 years from tens of thousands in 1991 to more than 600,000 last year. the dotted line refers to the change in the way that the figures were collected. and just to explain what net migration actually means, it is the difference between the number of people entering and the number of people leaving the uk in the space of a year. and these are the figures for last year. total immigration around 1.2 million people. about half a million people left the uk that year meaning more than 600,000 people were added to the uk population last year. and most of those coming in to the uk were from outside the european union with a significant number coming from ukraine and hong kong. 0ur politcal editor chris mason reports now from great yarmouth. migration — who we are, who and how many we welcome, from where and for how long?

this is great yarmouth in norfolk, a community and a region highly dependent on immigration. a town which overwhelmingly backed brexit. for years and years, politicians have made bold promises about immigration, and for years and years, they have broken them. the political conversation from successive conservative prime ministers sounded like this. net migration to this country in the order of tens of thousands each year, no ifs, no buts. it's important that we have net migration that is in sustainable numbers. we believe sustainable numbers are the tens of thousands. the numbers will come down because we will be able - to control the system. the pledges of yesterday washed away by reality. as those of today are spelled out. there's been various factors, and you will read the reports,

whether it was welcoming people here from hong kong or ukraine, that has had an impact. as we saw after the pandemic, more people came back to study here who hadn't been here during the pandemic is. but fundamentally, the numbers are high. i want to bring them down. today's extraordingary figures, including doubling the number of work visas since the pandemic show that the conservatives have no plan and no grip on immigration. in the king's arms members of the local social club are having a lunchtime pint. is immigration too high? i myself had my grandmother who came from estonia when the russians invaded. so i'm a product of that. i do think it's important that we take people in, people in need, but i think we've got to the point where we need to ease off a little. that fairness seems to be lost. it seems there is an influx of those who wish to come

here to literally sponge off us and not contribute. i think we need - a certain influx to help us work this country, in my opinion. so i don't think we'll ever get it down - to zero. do you think we are more at ease now with immigration in this country after brexit, now that the government has control of it? it's not controlling it, is it? i don't think they have control of it. you know, they haven't. a desire to be a sanctuary for the desperate, yes, but an ongoing desire for control too, as the nature of migration changes. how has migration to the east of england, to great yarmouth changed since brexit? well, i think since brexit, obviously free movement has been switched off, so we are seeing less eu nationals moving into the town than we had three brexit, of course. but what we see in its place is that there are now some temporary visa schemes in place, so we are seeing less migrants,

but may be different nationalities now being able to move to the town because, of course, these visa routes are open to both the eu and non—eu communities. video arrived as an 18—year—old. when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like. she when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like.— when i arrived i had never seen houses of the like. she now works in a care home — houses of the like. she now works in a care home in _ houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great _ houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great yarmouth - houses of the like. she now works in a care home in great yarmouth and. a care home in great yarmouth and there are 42 residency and staff. without india we won't be here. and without us, the hospital we have bed blocked and they won't be able to release the patient to me and we will be able to cover them if we didn't have the bed.— will be able to cover them if we didn't have the bed. sancho and tar'ete didn't have the bed. sancho and tarjete arrive _ didn't have the bed. sancho and tarjete arrive from _ didn't have the bed. sancho and tarjete arrive from india - didn't have the bed. sancho and tarjete arrive from india two - didn't have the bed. sancho and l tarjete arrive from india two years ago. here they are caring for robert. migration, promises, people and places and an ongoing, conflicted conversation over what to do about it. chris mason, bbc news

on the norfolk coast. why has net migration reached record levels? our home editor mark easton has been analysing the figures in detail. thank you, sophie. 606,000, it's a big number. the biggest ever foreign addition to the uk population for a calendar year. so what's driving the rise? with brexit and the end of free movement people thought the number would go down. and for eu citizens it has — in fact, 50,000 more left than arrived last year. but people coming from outside the eu added 660,000. so who are they? visas issued by the home office give us a clue. excluding short—term visitors, i.5m visas were issued in the year to march, up from less than a million the year before. 630,000 of those were for international students of which 150,000 were wives, husbands and children, an area the government has promised to clamp down on.

the students have come principally from india, 180,000, nigeria 125,000 and china 100,000. then there are skilled workers, close to half a million given visas last year and that includes 210,000 nurses and carers. india, nigeria and zimbabwe were the biggest source countries. there were 170,000 special humanitarian visas for ukrainians and hong kong citizens. the net migration figure also includes 73,000 asylum seekers, 76,000 arrived and just 3,000 were returned. yes, despite rishi sunak�*s promise to eradicate much of the asylum backlog this year, the number waiting for a decision on their application for refugee status is up to 173,000 people, three—quarters of whom have been waiting more than six months. the government has pledged to stop the small boats but for each migrant stepping ashore in dover, 25 have entered the uk legally. 606,000. that is the big number. and although it will almost certainly fall in the next year,

the temperature of the political debate over immigration looks certain to rise. sophie. a man has been arrested by armed police after a car crashed into the gates of downing street this afternoon. aaron corresponded nick eardley arrived on the scene shortly after and joins us now. what happened? it after and joins us now. what happened?— after and joins us now. what hauened? , ., ., happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was _ happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was about _ happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was about an _ happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was about an hour - happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was about an hour and - happened? it is a lot calmer here than it was about an hour and a l happened? it is a lot calmer here i than it was about an hour and a half ago. the street in whitehall has been opened in the last half hour or so. what we can tell you is about 20 past four this afternoon a car crashed into the gates of downing street, you can see it's still sitting there at the moment. we have seen footage of it travelling over whitehall. it looks to be going pretty slowly. the police have told us in the past hour that a man has been arrested. he was arrested by armed officers at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and

dangerous driving. what i can also tell you is the prime minister and the chancellor were in downing street at the time. both have since left, although we are told they had prior engagements, so it is not necessarily related to the security alert. as you can see, it is a lot calmer on the street now, police have moved onto investigating exactly what happened. the security incident is over and the is ongoing. the chief constable of police scotland says that his force is institutionally racist, sexist and discriminatory. sir iain livingstone, who is retiring this summer as head of the uk's second largest force, says it's important to acknowledge the reality of his officers' behaviour in order for there to be change. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. they are there to keep us all safe, but today, the chief constable of the uk's second largest force acknowledged that the public don't always get the service that is their right.

that police scotland has to change. it's the right thing to do for me as chief constable, to clearly state that institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exist. police scotland is institutionally racist and discriminatory. from the service provided to the public, to the culture within the force itself. rona malone, a formerfirearms officer received almost £1 million in damages after an employment tribunalfound she had been victimised after raising concerns about a boys' club culture in armed response. she welcomed today's comments, but... i'm angry because had this been identified years earlier, my court case might not have needed to have happened. it's notjust my case. there are other court cases going onjust now. you've got the chief constable coming out now admitting that it's institutional, the problems. i would like to see him supporting officers that are currently

going through their court casesjust now. there's also an ongoing public inquiry into the death of this man, sheku bayoh. officers in kircaldy. the inquiries investigating the circumstances of his death and whether race was a factor. the family of sheku bayoh were extremely grateful, they were moved to tears. they thanked the chief constable for raising their voice for the truth. i would like to see the police service of scotland reflect the community that it serves. i would like to see those officers who are racist, who are misogynistic and homophobic, know that there is no role for them in the police service of scotland. scotland's first minister said he had personally experienced racism from the police. as a person of colour, the statement from the chief constable is monumental, historic. i remember raising issues around racism in the police force back then,

when i was stopped and searched over a dozen times as a young boy, so the acknowledgement of the chief constable is very welcome. this is the largest force to issue a public acknowledgement that it suffers from institutional racism and discrimination. the chief constable said it now needs to move beyond words and focus on action, but that acknowledging the issue existed was vital for real change to happen. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. most households in england, scotland and wales will see their gas and electricity bills come down this summer after the energy regulator 0fgem announced a cut in the price cap from july. a typical energy bill will fall to £2,074 a year, that's a drop ofjust over £1100. it is the first fall in domestic energy prices for nearly three years. but bills remain very high. they are still around double what they were before the energy crisis. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. hello, kirat. you're here!

last time we chatted, kirat was very worried about what the winter ahead would hold. so let's have a look and see what you told me a year ago. are you ready? there's more chances of us going into debt with the rises of all the electricity. you were saying there, with higher prices, you're more likely to get more into debt. has that happened over the last year? yes, iam in debt, and i have to ask my family for support. just to cover those energy bills. energy bills, yes, because of the... just to afford them. yeah. kirat and herfamily, like 4 million others, are on a prepayment metre. you just topped up yesterday, right? yes, idid. ok, so there's £39.80 there. how much did you put on yesterday? £50. ok, so you've spent £10 just in electricity in a day. in a day, yeah. she had hoped today's announcement would help her more. wholesale pricesjumped massively when the war in ukraine began,

but now they're down to roughly the same level that they were in 2021. so the regulator's under pressure to do more to protect customers, because, here's the rub, the rate that we are being charged, even with today's announcement, is roughly double the amount we were paying in 2021. it's taking all the disposable, it's taking it all away from me. you're living day—to—day, basically. anything what's coming down, it helps, doesn't it? _ and it shows that things might be getting a little bit better, - even only by a small margin. the problem is we have also all lost that extra support we've been getting from the government each month. so although we'll be charged less, customers will have to pay their whole bill themselves. the 17% reduction will not cover the £66 end of the winter support payment. so next winter, in practice, most households will be paying more than they did the winter

that has just gone. but competition could be back on the cards with some suppliers likely to offer cheaper fixed rates. but before you switch, make sure it's below the newjuly price cap. to find out more information about how the price changes will affect your bills, go to the bbc news website. there is hope the cap will come down more in the autumn, but he doesn't think it will be enough to make a difference —— she doesn't. difference -- she doesn't. we haven't been _ difference —— she doesn't. - haven't been able to do the things we normally do as a family, it's just been really hard to manage. the time isjust just been really hard to manage. the time is just after quarter past six. the uk's net migration hits the highest yet on record, over 600,000 more people came to the uk then left in 2022. iam in 2022. i am live in the algarve where

people have finished their latest surge in the madeleine mccann investigation. it's another attempt to finally resolve what happened to her16 to finally resolve what happened to her 16 years ago. coming up on bbc news... geraint thomas celebrates his 37th birthday by extending his lead at the giro d'italia and tightening his grip on the pink jersey after stage 18. are nurses being treated differently in their pay dispute with the government because almost all of them are women? that's what the head of the royal college of nursing, pat cullen, has claimed. she says a government minister told her that he was surprised nurses had to rely on their own salaries as main family breadwinners. the department of health says it doesn't recognise the reported remarks. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. how long is this going to go on? how long? bus drivers out on strike.

and after ten days without pay here in london, it's causing tensions. i'm losing my money, i'm losing my money. the boss of the unite union tries to calm things. don't fall out with each other, don't fall out with each other. an early pay offer comes in at 12% and a £500 bonus. but even after further pay talks, opinion is still split. the union reps, they're selling us out. a lot of traitors around. tomorrow you cast your vote on yes or no and carry on striking. ultimately the strikes ended with settlements of up to 18% at a time of concern from the government about stubbornly high inflation. this is part of a unique insight into a year of industrial strife, the like of which hasn't been seen in the uk for a generation. it is a front line that has seen a new band of union brothers and sisters become household names. no more rishi! and that has brought tension inside the negotiations, for example, between the government and the biggest nursing union,

the royal college of nurses. late last year, health ministers were refusing to negotiate pay at a meeting with the rcn leader. she recalled those moments. the nursing profession is concluding that we are being treated differently because we are a 90% female profession. ministers come into the room saying to me that they are shocked, shocked, that nursing staff may be the main breadwinner in the family because they believe that it's a second salary that we don't depend on. they are totally out of touch. the department of health said it didn't recognise the claim and had utmost respect for all staff. over the past year, we have seen more strikes than we have seen in a generation, but the number of days actually lost to industrial action is still well down on where it got to in the 1970s. what may have changed, though, is that workers like this receive much greater backing from the public, much more

than westminster is used to, and that may change the face of industrial relations well beyond the cost of living crisis. when you are ready, sir, over there. this front line of union activity is expanding, even in companies such as retail giant amazon, which has a history of warning employees against union activity, as seen in this 2018 us training video. the most obvious signs would include use of words associated with unions like "living wage" or "steward". strike, strike, strike! and now in coventry the gmb union says they are on the point of forcing recognition for the first time in the uk. after a slow start the government has tried to negotiate pay deals, inflation is now falling, but the shadow of this year of industrial action may lingerfor some time. faisal islam, bbc news. and you can watch strike: inside the unions tonight at 9pm on bbc two or now on bbc iplayer.

in portugal, police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have finished their latest three—day search. the operation at a reservoir about 30 miles from where the three—year—old vanished in 2007 has been led by german police — who have named christian brueckner as their main suspect. the 45—year—old is currently serving a prison sentence for raping a woman in the same area. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford is there. is it any clearer now what they have been doing? yes. i is it any clearer now what they have been doin: ? , ~ , . ., been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what _ been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they _ been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they have _ been doing? yes, i think it is clear and now what they have been - been doing? yes, i think it is clear l and now what they have been doing. we are standing on the peninsular that goes out from the western bank of the reservoir out into the water, and this is where the police work has been taking place over the last three days. we have watched it from a vantage point about 100 metres away for most of the three days, and we have seen sniffer dogs, people with poles and rakes, we have seen heavy machinery making pass through the woods, but all the time there's

been a focus on one particular area in the woods, and that there clearing here. it's been unclear to us what police officers were doing. they seem to be scraping away at the surface of the soil, collecting things and passing it down along a chain of officers and taking photographs. now we have got here after the search is over, it's quite obvious that what they have been doing is taking core samples from this flattened area within the clearing. there are cleanly made holes where the core samples have been taken out, and we have been told the samples will be taken away told the samples will be taken away to a major police laboratory in germany. so that's been a very important part of this operation. there are other areas where holes have been made as well. police have said they will tell us if they haven't found anything and that may take some time, so it looks like they have got something that is at least worth investigating.- sandford, thank you. nine people

have been arrested for taking part in the riot that followed the arrest of two boys in cardiff. 121—year—old man was arrested this morning. four arrests took place on monday. the health secretary steve barclay has announced that eight hospitals that the government pledged to rebuild by 2030 will not be completed on time. he told mps that the government still planned to build or rebuild a0 hospitals by the end of the decade, but some of the projects would now take longer than initially thought. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. 50,000 more nurses... this was a major election promise. and how many new hospitals? 40! - 40, correct. even if the definition of a new hospital stretches from a new building to a major refurbishment, there have long been questions about how realistic it was to deliver this by 2030. just last week, the bbc reported

that building work is yet to start for 33 of the 40 projects promised. and there was this extra complication — nhs hospitals being propped up because they might collapse. they were built using a lightweight concrete known as wrack. two hospitals were already on the list, now there is another five. these hospitals are not safe to operate beyond 2030. today, i can confirm to the house that we will expand our new hospitals programme to include those five hospitals built with significant amounts of wrack. hear, hear! three mental health hospitals have been added as well as the wrack hospitals. so there are winners after today's announcement. i'm just absolutely delighted, really thrilled, and it is just such positive news for our patients, our staff and for our community of west norfolk. really, really great. but there are some losers too. listen out for the sting in the tail here. not all work will be completed by 2030.

and this is a reflection of the disruption that two years of the covid pandemic has caused as well as the pressure from construction inflation. the government insists that remains on track to meet its 2030 target. this might take some mental arithmetic. essentially, there were 40 names on the list this morning, and there are 40 names on the list now — just not the same ones. ministers have added eight new places and taken eight old ones off, including here, saint mary's in london. the imperial nhs trust, including st mary's paddington, has the largest maintenance backlog in the country. we have had floods, we have had fires, we have had sewage leaks. we have had collapsed ceilings. so, today is an acknowledgement that priorities have shifted. we are now into a game of whose hospital is the most likely to fall down or is the most dangerous? which is not where we ought to be. the government says 20 projects will be under way or finished

by next year and has committed to another £16 billion funding. but there are still questions about where that money will come from — and will it be enough? catherine burns, bbc news. this is peter brown. he died last year at the age of 96, alone in london. he had no known relatives and very few of his neighbours knew about his past. but peter had been one of the last surviving black raf pilots to serve in the second world war. he came to the uk from jamaica in the 1940s and volunteered flying lancaster bombers. when he died, his funeral looked set to be very small, but a public appeal for people to come and pay their last respects meant that today 600 people gathered to say thank you and goodbye. helen wilkinson was there. 0na warm on a warm spring day in central london, flight sergeant peter

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been traced and travelled from jamaica. , ., , been traced and travelled from jamaica. , . _ ., jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds _ jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and _ jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and hearts _ jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and hearts of- jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and hearts of a - jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and hearts of a lot - jamaica. his legacy will live on in the minds and hearts of a lot of i the minds and hearts of a lot of people who have connected with this story, and most importantly he will live on in the legacy of our family. peter brown's funeral service reflected all parts of his life, remembering a special man who gave up remembering a special man who gave up his freedom as a teenager to serve this country. helena wilkinson, bbc news, central london. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. a bit of shock bank holiday weather? yes, it looks like it's going to be dry! i thought we would take a look at the weather particularly across yorkshire today. we started off with clear blue sunny skies. when temperatures reach 17 celsius, we started to get these cumulus clouds as the air started to rise. then a layer of warmer air, and when the cloud hit the warmer air, it started

to spread out and ultimately we lost all the sunshine across this part of the world. you can see that happening on the satellite picture as the cloud starts to grow and expand. forsome, yes, you did as the cloud starts to grow and expand. for some, yes, you did tend to lose the sunshine. where we had the best of the sunshine though, temperatures reached the low 20s. 0vernight tonight, much of the cloud that has built up during the day will tend to break apart so we will have clear skies for many. temperatures from seven to 9 degrees. tomorrow morning we start off with clear blue skies and i think we will see some of the cloud growing and spreading across the sky again for parts of north—east england, probably the midlands as well. still, for many it is a decent day with long spells of sunshine and temperatures again high teens to low 20s, feeling warm in the may sunshine. there will be a change as we head into saturday, a week where the front brings spots of rain to the front brings spots of rain to the far north of scotland. away from

that, more dry weather and sunshine to go round, and if anything it is