for years, we ve talked about how drone deliveries were around the corner. i think one of the main reasons that the idea of drone deliveries is in the public consciousness is because an image went viral quite a long time ago now of an amazon drone delivering a parcel, which kind of suggested to us all that drone deliveries weren t so much over the horizon as they were literally around the corner. but when was the last time you had anything dropped off by quadcopter? never - deliveries still come in vans around my way! we re just not there yet for that kind of last mile delivery. there are trade offs between the weight of what can be transported, and battery life. but aside from that, what about the safety? the idea of having all of these spinning blades above our heads, and then they ve got to bring a pizza down to the pavement? now, apparently, last year there were almost 2,500 drone deliveries every day but that was worldwide. so if you think about it in the grand sca
is in the public consciousness is because an image went viral quite a long time ago now of an amazon drone delivering a parcel, which kind of suggested to us all that drone deliveries weren t so much over the horizon as they were literally around the corner. but when was the last time you had anything dropped off by quadcopter? never deliveries still come in vans around my way! we re just not there yet for that kind of last mile delivery. there are trade offs between the weight of what can be transported, and battery life. but aside from that, what about the safety? the idea of having all of these spinning blades above our heads, and then they ve got to bring a pizza down to the pavement? now, apparently, last year there were almost 2,500 drone deliveries every day but that was worldwide. so if you think about it in the grand scale of things, that s.that s not much, is it? and i suspect that most of those would be specialist deliveries in really remote areas. yeah. so
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And why the uks last Killer Whales are under threat. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. After announcing her retirement, 11 time british javelin champion Goldie Sayers says she leaves athletics feeling a deep sense of injustice. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The European Unions Chief Brexit Negotiator has been setting out his priorities for the talks, warning that they will be complex and not painless. Michel barnier insisted that the uk would not be punished for leaving but said that the accounts had to be settled. It came after reports that the uk could be asked to pay up to 100 Billion Euros to leave the eu. Mr barnier said the top priority was to establish the rights of eu citizens living the in the uk and of britons in the eu. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. In the toriess sights this morning, Jeremy Corbyns tax plans. The conservatives claim there is a huge hole and his sons, a Charge Labour strongly denies. But what about the cost of brexi