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Roads are finally reopening in flood-hit far north Queensland, three weeks after Tropical Cyclone Jasper struck the region.

Back in half an hour, but for now lets go back to naga and charlie. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. youd hope to recognise a family member orfriend from theirface alone. youd probably recognise your pet dog or cat too. but what about a bird? well, each bewick swan has a unique face which enables researchers to count them and track their family histories — and thats exactly whats been happening at the slimbridge wetland centre, in gloucestershire, for 60 years, a...

It was started by conservationist sir peter scott, who sat at this window meticulously painting the beaks of every swan. here is one of the bewicks swan books that peter worked on, and you can see here these beautiful drawings that he did of each individual bill pattern. and you can see that there are three perspectives that he painted for each swan. and thats the left and the right side, but also the front. this is one of the worlds longest running animal research projects. and the advantage of...

In the 1970s, there was sometimes more than 600. its numbers are plummeting very, very quickly and have been for quite some time. so just to give you an idea, in the mid—1990s, we were looking at around 29,000 birds in the population in europe. and now we think thats fewer than, there is fewer than 18,000. so welcome to the scott house museum. this is where the bill pattern study first started in 1963. this winter is the 60th anniversary of the bewick�*s swan survey. it was started by conser...

I stood on a soggy promontory at the J.I. Case Wetlands one mid-morning last week, shivering a little as I warmed to a breezy gray sky that had the character

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: The tradition of mounting and dismounting from the left side can be traced back to medieval times and relates to the wearing of the sword.

I stood on a soggy promontory at the J.I. Case Wetlands one mid-morning last week, shivering a little as I warmed to a breezy gray sky that had the character

Two youths set fire to the wooden viewing shelter. It was destroyed and the bowling green was also badly scorched.

Over 80 councils across Australia to not hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day. Queensland Premier Steven Miles hails works of emergency crews working to restore power in the state. And in football, Sydney F-C coach Ufuk Talay praises his team's performance in 3-1 win over Wellington.

A desire to provide free, nutritious food to those in need keeps Virginia Free Farm growing for the good of the community.