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Bethan Roper, 28, of south Wales, was killed travelling home from Christmas shopping trip in 2018<br>

BBC News Published image captionBethan Roper was pronounced dead by paramedics at Bristol Temple Meads station A woman died after she leaned out of the window of a moving train and was hit by a tree branch, an inquest heard. Bethan Roper, 28, from Penarth, Glamorgan, suffered fatal head injuries on the Great Western Railway service at Twerton, between Bath and Bristol. Fellow passengers gave her CPR but she was pronounced dead at Bristol Temple Meads station in December 2018. An accident ins...

A WOMAN was killed when she was struck by an overhanging tree branch as she leant out of a train window, an inquest has heard.

The Orient Express is travelling through Bath and Somerset - where and when you can see it Here are the stations where you can see it (Image: David Betts Photography) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more n...

Where and when to spot Belmond British Pullman as it leaves Temple Meads Its one of the first to return to the railway after the third national lockdown THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy no...

Hitachi 800 trains were stopped in their tracks on Saturday and Sunday after the fault was discovered. Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway have advised people not to travel today, and announced more cancellations are expected across this week. A spokesperson for GWR said: “A number of 800 Class Hitachi trains have been withdrawn from service for precautionary safety checks. “As a result a significant number of long-distance services will be cancelled on Monday 10...

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Universities could finally be forced to have a legal duty for student mental health, under a new bill being introduced to the House of Lords. The bill, introduced by Conservative peer Lord Ralph Lucas, would also require universities to give students the option for the uni to call a parent if the student is in crisis. Calls have been growing for universities to do so, after several parents – including the father of Bristol student Ben Murray – publicly said their children would still be ali...

900 acres of woodland, farmland and walled gardens await By Annabelle Spranklen Queen Charlotte, consort to George III, lived at 93 Sydney Place in 1817, commemorated by a plaque on the exterior of the building, and is believed to have used the first floor as a ballroom during her stay, said Alistair Heather, head of Strutt & Parker’s Bath office. Bath has a great lineage of royal ...

Follow in the footsteps of royalty! An exclusive tour of the Bath flat where King Georges wife Charlotte lived - and it could be yours for £1.25million Exclusive: Part of the building in Bath where the Queen consort of King George III lived is for sale The building at 93 Sydney Place was where Queen Charlotte stayed when she spent time in Bath in 1817 The first floor of the property has been transformed into a modern two-bedroom flat with a designer kitchen Period features brought back to life...