Royal Mail

The company has started a two-week trial of scheduled, autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands with Windracers Ltd to help better connect remote island communities. The mail is being carried by a large, twin-engine, UK-built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Ultra which can transport 100kg …

Drones are being used to deliver post to a remote island as part of moves to reduce carbon emissions. The company has started a two-week trial of scheduled, autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands with Windracers Ltd to help better connect remote island communities. The mail …

Drones are being used to deliver post to a remote Scottish island in a trial by the Royal Mail. A two-week test of autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands is being undertaken with Windracers to help better connect remote island communities. The mail is being …

Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic has been heavily linked with a move to English football (Getty Images) Dusan Vlahovic will not be signing a new contract at Fiorentina in a sizeable boost to the striker’s transfer suitors, a list previously believed to include the likes of Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Atletico …

A senior Conservative MP has confirmed he received no anal swabs to test him for Covid-19 when questioned by Boris Johnson’s father. Cop26 President Alok Sharma appeared in conversation with Stanley Johnson in the main auditorium at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. The pair were expected to focus their …

Drones are being used to deliver post to a remote island in a Royal Mail trial as part of moves to reduce carbon emissions. A two-week trial of scheduled, autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands is now under way. The mail is being carried by …

A new online tool featuring the actor David Harewood has been launched to help prevent people with mental health problems from “reaching crisis stage”. The platform JAAQ.co.uk (Just Ask A Question) is a free to use online tool offering immediate responses from mental health professionals and individuals living with mental …

Damage to a section of pipeline that spilled up to 144,000 gallons of oil off the Southern California coast could have been caused by a ship’s anchor, authorities say. Officials have revealed that a 4,000-ft section of the pipeline was moved around 105ft and had a 13-inch split in it …

Scientists have described the oldest known meat-eating dinosaur from the UK – a chicken sized animal that would have been one metre long with its tail. The new dinosaur is a theropod, a group which also includes T. rex and modern birds. The fossil was named Pendraig milnerae – Pendraig …

While most people will have experienced forgetting the name of someone they have just met, “gifted” dogs are able to remember the names of new toys two months later, researchers have found. Scientists examined the ‎ability of six collies, identified through the Genius Dog Challenge, to learn the names of …