Bloodhound record bid moves to 2016

The Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car is not going to get into the desert this year to break the world land speed record.

The 1,000mph vehicle's basic build will be complete in a few months, ready for slow-speed testing on a UK runway.

But a delay with its rocket system means there will be insufficient time to run Bloodhound on its specially prepared race track in South Africa before seasonal rains start to fall.

The plan now is to wait until April or May 2016 to try to drive at 800mph.

Driver and current world land speed record (763mph; 1,610km/h) holder, Andy Green, explained why the schedule was slipping by a few months to our science correspondent Jonathan Amos.