Golden eagles could be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years

Study identified eight areas that can sustain a population and government has given 1m for recovery programme

The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch." So wrote Shakespeare in Richard III, in a line of social commentary that feels ever more relevant with age.

A note of good news then, in a world of so much bad, that the eagles the Bard was probably referring to could finally be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years.