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A drone flying over the sea

New drone owners urged to keep safe distance from wildlife

An incident in Cornwall has prompted the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust to issue guidance to drone operators to keep their distance from wildlife, the BBC reports.

Sue Sayer, founder of the charity, saw 11 sleeping seals dart into the water after they were spooked by a drone flying overhead. She said the noise gave the sleeping seals a "massive shock" and they darted into the sea...

Isles of Scilly from the air

Isles of Scilly drone trial secures £200,000 funding

A pilot project which will see commercial drones making daily deliveries to the Isles of Scilly will take off later this year.

According to the Isles of Scilly Travel website , the pioneering partnership between the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) experts Flylogix has secured £200,000 of grant funding from Aerospace Cornwall to run the project....