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Story7 September 20263 min read
Synnovis and Apian to fly urgent samples to a Blackfriars lab hub this autumn on Matternet drones
The pathology provider behind the UK's first medical drone delivery service says its next routes will carry bone marrow samples from Guy's and St Thomas' to its Blackfriars laboratory, after a pilot that moved more than 6,000 samples.
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Story4 September 20264 min read
Drone restrictions reported over East Yorkshire for the Tour of Britain stage on 4 September
A NOTAM warning is reported over the county up to 2,700 ft between 08:45 and 15:45 BST as the race runs Hull to Beverley, and Humberside Police are reported to require permission to fly there. We could not confirm it outside one BBC report.
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Story3 September 20263 min read
Tekever buys Edinburgh's Flowcopter and keeps the engineering team in Scotland
The Portuguese drone maker has bought the Edinburgh firm behind a hydraulic drive for heavy-lift aircraft, and says the site stays open under its own brand.
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