fergal keane, bbc news, govan. could be on the rise again. a project on the south east coast of england has seen a0 eggs hatch and two months later the chicks are set to be released into the wild next week. yvette austin has been to the isle of sheppey in kent to find out more. they're europe's largest wading bird, the long break for finding food in the mud, and their call — distinctive. but their numbers are in steep decline in lowland areas, so these chicks are being given a helping hand for their start in life. so the problem with the curlew is they live over 30 years and so we haven't really noticed their numbers dropping, but now we really are, and they're dropping quickly. that's really driven by — there have been more of us, and we're using the land more intensively, like, cutting grass earlier or perhaps we're leaving more rubbish out and there are more foxes around to eat the curlews' eggs. so, they're not producing chicks that turn into adults. the eggs were collected by experts in northern england, where

fergal keane, bbc news, govan. communities dealing with the cost of living crisis. ay night at 8.00pm. it will also available on the bbc iplayer. if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, you can find details of organisations that can help at bbc action line. now, with the day's sport, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre... the ashes are still alive after england's cricketers beat australia in the third test at headingley. it was a nailbiter, with england losing wickets along the way, but they chased down the 251 runs they needed. our sports correspondent joe wilson was there. from 11am, heading the expected. everyone rose just to greet england's batters. ok not everyone. australia saw moeen ali batting at three. harry brook was looking secure, just about, chasing 251, england reached 100. supporters relaxed a bit, not too much. a touch from joe root, and nojuggler, just alex carey's from joe root, and nojuggler, just alex ca rey�*s gloves, from joe root, and nojuggler, just alex carey's gloves, safe. england four down, hard to look, hard or

fergal keane, bbc news, cornwall. good evening.arlier today. it has been a day of contrasts, really. the sunshine between the showers, but when they've come along, we've had some really torrential downpours, lots of thunder and lightning, some hail in there as well. a rather more persistent band of rain still across the north of scotland. the showers perhaps fading a little later this evening and overnight across england and wales, but some more persistent rain potentially pushing through northern ireland into southern scotland, again back into north wales and northern england. i think we've lost the humidity, so a more comfortable night for sleeping. but those breezes, that brisk wind will continue to push those showers eastwards overnight and into wednesday with that low pressure close by. perhaps a little respite in the south on thursday, but not for long. the next area of wet and windy weather comes in by the end of the week and then lingers into the weekend. we're set in this trend, really, at the moment of really very unsettl

fergal keane, bbc news, cornwall. we have the latest hear any moment on the bbc story.it. all of that is coming up after the weather. hello there. we are stuck in a bit of a rut at the moment with the weather. it is generally rather unsettled because of the showers and the proximity of low pressure. so, through the rest of the day, we will continue with some sunshine, but also some heavy showers, because this low pressure almost overhead. weather fronts may be moving out of the way from the south and the north, but believe you me, there is a lot of energy in thejuly sunshine. we have that moisture around, and we are seeing some big showers brewing up. still longer spells of rain for the north of scotland, so a different complexion to yesterday. fewer showers for northern ireland, but probably more making their way east across central and eastern parts of england. but wherever you are, there is a fairly blustery breeze blowing, and those showers will be potentially heavy and thundery. temperatures are a notch down on yesterday, and we've lost the humidity. but still with

the bbc�*s special correspondent and former africa editor fergal keane was not only a colleague of georgeere and the descriptions of george, you know, very often in public life when somebody passes away, you hear eulogies and you hear people saying wonderful things about them. and if you know the person, sometimes you have these moments of saying, hang on a second, that's not quite the person i knew. i can tell you that everything that is good and kind and fulsome that's being said about george and fulsome that's being said about george today is absolutely the truth. it's very, very rare, in fact, i can't think of another individual. in foreign correspondence, where you could go to one of our crew, as it were, one of the kind of internationalforeign correspondents and say somebody�*s name and did not hear an occasional bad word back about them. with george, it was absolutely the case, nobody had a bad word to say about him. and why was that? all of those things that people described in his journalism, the compassion, the empathy. i think it was of more fundamental word for me, and that is

fergal keane, bbc news, cornwall.tain with fergal keane, on bbc one tonight at eight o'clock, and it will also be available on the iplayer. let's take a look at today's papers. the metro leads with the stabbing of a teacher at a school in tewkesbury. it shows a father hugging his daughter after the pupils were finally allowed to leave, and it also has an image ofjamie sansom, who has been named locally as the injured teacher. the telegraph reports on plans to offer ukraine what it calls nato—lite protection, with a special arrangement similar to the one between israel and its western allies. talks are ongoing ahead of the nato summit in lithuania, which the times also features on its front page, alongside a photograph of king charles sharing a laugh withjoe biden. the us president paid a flying visit to windsor on his way to the nato summit. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website is about a village in suffolk where the poisonous plant hemlock was found growing along a path near the local school. and