jessica—jane applegarth clinched the gold after finishing silver position in this event for the lastnight won the silver and louise took the bronze. i spoke to the newly crowned world champion applegate after her race. absolutely epic. can't believed it happened because i had a crazy season, where i've torn my disc in my back and i'm getting really bad sciatic pains. every illness under the sun coming into trials, and my trials, i have to admit, they were not great trials. so i'm lucky to even be here. i absolutely crushed training. i can hand on heart say that i gave my training everything coming into this. i'm so relieved that it paid off. adding to the excitement, suzanna hext became world champion for the first time in the s5 50 metre freestyle. hext, left paralysed after a horse riding accident in 2012, also has a hearing impairment. recently she underwent a hearing operation and it has been a game changer. the day was the first day i raced with my cochlear implant. obviously, going through that has been life—changing for me, having bilateral implants, yeah, it felt kind of stra

there were gold medals forjessica—jane applegarth, ellie challis and simon clegg.f britain's most picturesque delivery routes, but its rugged landscape means orkney is also among the most challenging for local posties. a new scheme run by the royal mail aims to provide what it claims is a more efficient way of getting mailfrom a to b — electric drones. it says the scheme could help deliver parcels up to 24 hours quicker than by boat. the post arrives at kirkwall�*s delivery office. it's transported to stromness and then it's flown by drone to graemsay and hoy, where staff then take them to their final destinations. i've worked for royal mail for 20 years and i have to say this is the most exciting thing i've ever been involved in. and having a chance to try new technology and hopefully introduce something that will become more commonplace in the future. but, yeah, it's really cutting edge stuff and it's really exciting to be involved in it. deliveries using unmanned vehicles have been trialled before in these islands, with much larger deliveries using this twin—eng