adding to the excitement, suzanna hext became world champion for the first time in the s5 50 metre freestyle 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 strange in some ways coming out and hearing the crowd, but it kind of lifted me, and i came out, especially for the final, a home crowd, hearing that roar, it was like, oh, my god, come on! it kind of pushes you that bit more. and more gb success came from teenager ellie challis, retaining her title in the 50 metres breaststroke and stephen clegg stormed to victory, winning gold in the 100 metres backstroke for athletes with visual impairments. that is all your sport for now, goodbye. hello. july has certainly been a pretty wet month. and we started off the new working week with another dollop of rain, particularly across northern areas of the country. so skies quite cloudy like these in cumbria. it's als

and one too for suzanna hext in the ss 50 metres freestyle. 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—engine drone sending packages even further afield two years ago