内容摘要：Meanwhile, there has been a 9% increase in rainfall in the past 30 years compared to the 30 years before that, according to the Met Office, and six of the 10 wettest years since Queen Victoria was on the throne have been after 1998.

Meanwhile, there has been a 9% increase in rainfall in the past 30 years compared to the 30 years before that, according to the Met Office, and six of the 10 wettest years since Queen Victoria was on the throne have been after 1998.

It came as care home bosses claimed the immigration plans could lead to closures and longer NHS waiting lists.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said his proposals would "take back control" of UK borders.

As part of the new strategy, the Labour administration is aiming to cut the recruitment of care workers from overseas and tighten English language requirements for immigrants.Forbes said she listened with "absolute astonishment" to reports that the UK government wanted to cut the recruitment of overseas care workers.programme the proposals were "baffling" to those working in the industry.

The deputy first minister said: "I am in no doubt whatsoever that our care system is going to suffer from the changes that reportedly are going to be made today."She said Scotland faced "demographic challenges", and that "one of the most pressing issues that investors, developers, public services tell us right now is being able to recruit a workforce".

Forbes said: "With a small population of about five million people, Scotland needs a distinct immigration system, a distinct approach to the immigration system, we have shared that with the UK government."

She told the programme this could possibly be done using a separate "Scottish visa" - something that the UK governmentThe Government said it would keep the issue under review, "balancing the concern over the need to protect wildlife from the minority who misuse catapults, with respect for their legitimate use by anglers".

Fleet Pond is the largest freshwater lake in Hampshire, with 141 acres of varied habitats.Plans to renovate a village hall originally built by a brewing family are under way.

Grade II listed Yew Tree Hall in Lorton, Cumbria, was a former malting barn for Jennings, who brewed in the area for almost 200 years.Chair of Yew Tree Hall management committee Adam Baker said it wanted to "return the character and heritage" and modernise the building the community had a "love and deep feeling" for.