our environment correspondent paul murphy reports.s kitchen, and in recent weeks she has cared for as many as a0 rescued swifts at any one time. at 5:30am is the first feed of the day, and i come down and i go from the weakest, poorliest, youngest swifts up to the oldest. so, it goes in order of need. adult swifts arrive in the uk from africa in may. they breed and raise chicks before returning home in august. but it's thought our recent record temperatures have driven the chicks from their nests before they can fly and feed. maybe they are fledging a bit too soon because it's too hot in their nests. they nest in roofs, under pantiles and things, and the heat builds up. they stick their head out just to get a breath of air, and they might overbalance. these are live crickets, banded crickets and black crickets. if you listen, you can hear them hopping around in the bags. it costs megan around £100 per week to keep the hungry chicks in crickets, and she hand feeds them all. the decline in natural insect populations is believed to be hi

paul murphy reports. they are half the size and there are half as many.a0 years. by the time you've peeled it or done anything to prepare it, you won't have much left. this corner of england supplies veg to the nation. but andrew says this year's harvest is nothing less than a disaster. there's just no way that crops in the uk can cope with the climate we've had this year, lack of water, intense temperatures. you can't reverse this process. and this isn'tjust yourfarm, andrew. we can be confident this is replicated throughout the east of england in similar crops. absolutely, yeah. and of course the east of england grows predominately most of the uk's crops of this nature. the scorched landscape tells some of the story, though we are not yet in an official drought. yorkshire water says its supplies are slightly lower than normal and is urging its customers to save water where they can. anglian water says it doesn't envisage a hosepipe ban because its storage systems are working well. it's the driest that it's been since 1976 and just this month we've only

paul murphy, bbc news, spalding.ld veteran championships under his belt but he's not stopping there as suzanne hailey has been finding out. he's here every week. today is an amazing milestone for him. today is his 300th park run, which i think you can agree, is phenomenal. cheering and applause. phenomenal and inspirational. cheers and applause for 92—year—old arthur ahead of his 300th park run. he likes to complete the run in an hour but says his main target now is getting round the course. and it's nice to think that me running encourages people who have just started to keep on going. arthur takes part in this five k event every week. running is something he's always done and he's not planning to stop anytime soon. the former champion has been running for more than 70 years, completing 51 marathons in that time. he estimates he's run around 150,000 miles over the course of his life. keep going, arthur! well done. we've come down to support family but we are also seeing arthur taking part in it. it'sjust, it's comme

paul murphy, bbc news, spalding.he national literacy trust is trying to close the gap as nicola haseler has been finding out. these early years spent largely with their parents will shape these children's future attainment. it's now that they learn the foundations of communicating. but during the pandemic parents found it harder to find time to talk to their child. a quarter reported they didn't chat with their child at least once a day. this early words together programme run by the national literacy trust targets children who need support with their language and works with their parents to increase communication at home. it is difficult at times. it is a struggle but she is really good with the baby, so we try and do it as three of us when we are all at home. this group has increased her confidence. starting this she was very shy and now she is confident. of course many of these children spent their first years in lockdown. i think she is genuinely shy. the pandemic didn't help because she was at home with me, so s

paul murphy, bbc news, spalding.owards earth. nasa had earlier criticised beijing for failing to give details in advance about the rocket�*s descent. the administrator of the us space agency says more information should have been provided to ensure the safety of people on earth. now it's time for a look at the weather. we had a little bit of autumn rain moving increasingly than wales, so far this morning, but that is now starting to ease away the remainder of the day. we see cloudy skies and a few isolated showers with the best of the sunshine in north—west england. but noticeably cooler in scotland today, highest values are further south between 25 and 27 degrees. through this evening, we keep some cloud across the south—east and temperatures are staying relatively mild but clearer skies and single figures out to the west. we will start off tomorrow with a lot of sunshine around, even the cloud really stretching from lincolnshire down to the isle of wight, gradually starting to melt away and will sunshine dominate t

paul murphy has this report. watering the lawns. paul murphy has this re ort. , watering the lawns.alf as _ this report. they are half the size and half as many. _ this report. they are half the size and half as many. this _ this report. they are half the size and half as many. this potato - this report. they are half the size | and half as many. this potato crop has been hit hard by the driest growing season in over a0 years. once you've peeled and prepared it you have much left. this corner of england supplies vegetable to the nation. but andrew says the harvest this year has not been less than a disaster. there is no way that crops in the uk can cope with the climate we have had this year. the lack of water, intense temperatures, you cannot reverse this process. and this is notjust yourfarm, andrew. this is replicated through out the east of england in similar crops. absolutely. east of england in similar crops. absolutely-— east of england in similar crops. absolutel . �* , ., ., , absolutely. and we predominantly . row absolutely. and we predominantly crow most absolutely. and

paul clement, aaron murphy and their new firm have a -- did anyone else want to comment on that? professor, since you are to blame for the court not using the -- they seem to have adopted your amicus brief. >> thanks. the mns brief along with my co-author for my firm argued against the tears of scrutiny and said this form of analysis, though dominant in constitutional law today, has no basis in the text or original meaning of the constitution. if the court does want to move in a more originalist direction, it should refuse the tears of scrutiny and try to pair back the tears of scrutiny where it had had -- where it has already colonized areas of law like free speech and equal protection. i do think that bruin, in combination with the kennedy case and its approach to text and history, signals a real shift by the court away from balancing tests, away from judge empowering discretionary tests and toward a more text and history approach, which i am delighted to see. >> i thought that one of the characteristics of the bruin case -- it was interesting that the majority felt a law that

so i guess paul clement and aaron murphy and the new firm. >> did anyone else want to comment on thatcase? the amicus brief that i submittedr with my co-author argued against the tears of scrutiny and this form of analysis.. to be extended to the second amendment context and try to tear back the tears of scrutiny where it's scrutinized like the free speech clause and equal protection. i do think that in combination with the kennedy case and its approach to history signals a shift away from balancing test sand the judge and powering discretionary test sand towards a more text and history approach, which of course i am delighted to see. >> i felt one of the characters it was interesting the majority felt the law that was more than a century old wasn't historically grounded to the constitutional muster but more broadly what was interesting is we sort of moved from a debate about what was encompassed to who is a better historian because the dissenting opinion argued that the history was wrong and brought up its own historical examples from the founding and before and after and much of the

paul, about the suburbs. many new jersey, for instance -- in new jersey, for instance, in last november's election, jack chit rely came within a hair's breath of defeating incumbent phil murphy pandemic closed the schools in new jersey and in many blue, democratic-liberal towns, parents were filing lawsuits against the school boards and the unions to reopen those schools. so i think this has been, the pandemic experience has been an awakening moment for a lot of people about the nature of the public schools and the unions, and the inroads that mane was describing, think, are directly are related to that. paul: do you agree with that, change here, shift to a lot more ambitious school choice plans related to the pandemic and the frustrations apparent with school closures? >> oh, it absolutely is. i totally agree that new jersey was one huge example of parents being dissatisfied with the way school was being administered. another was in virginia with governor glenn youngkin who was elected in a surprise victory in 2021. a lot of parents were very dissatisfied with mask mandates staying in place despite the fact the virus with us waning, and and the rerly -- terry mcauliffe sayi