What it will be like to live in the UK's first 'Amazon drone town'

It is celebrated for its rich engineering heritage and widely known as the birthplace of the modern railway. Amazon's Air Prime drones could soon be delivering parcels to customers in Darlington Amazon still requires permission from the local council and the CAA before flights can begin The future is coming: Darlington is set to become the first town in the UK to receive Amazon deliveries by drone Some residents also expressed concerns that the aerial vehicles, worth thousands of pounds each, could be targeted by yobs keen to 'use them for a coffee table' at home. Nail technician Pixie Armstrong, pictured with her son, Max, eight, is sceptical and worries antisocial kids may try to interfere with the drones Andrew Spence, who works in architecture, believes the new service is not practical and just a 'gimmick' from Amazon 'Instead of dropping a pair of nail clippers to someone's house, why can't the customers go to a pick-up spot instead? Caravan worker Andrew Pickavance said the service means 'progress for Darlington' The Civil Aviation Authority has still to come up with rules on how commercial drones can safely be used for deliveries. Serhat Kyuchuk-Pakyuz believes drones will not replace traditional forms of delivery Serhat Kyuchuk-Pakyuz, former Amazon worker and CEO and co-founder of Ride Logics, said the technology is 'not the future of deliveries'.