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Tess de la MareWest of England PA Media Bethan Roper was killed by a tree branch in 2018 A major rail operator has been fined £1m for breaching health and safety law when a young woman suffered a fatal head injury after placing her head outside a droplight window. Bethan Roper, 28, was killed on…

Faisal IslamEconomics editor Getty Images Plans to extend high-speed rail across the north of England have been delayed further and will not now be announced by the prime minister at the Labour Party conference next week. The BBC understands concerns over the long-term costs of the line earmarked between Liverpool and Manchester have pushed back…

Osmond Chia Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on more than 90 countries around the world have come into effect. Moments before his deadline passed for countries to negotiate US trade deals, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that billions of dollars were now flowing into his…