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There is also a deal for reciprocal access to 13,000 metric tonnes of beef being sold each way – meaning British farmers can export beef to the US.

Weighing 5,000 tonnes, they are by far the biggest warships North Korea has, and are capable, in theory, of firing nuclear short-range missiles.

The UK has scrapped this tariff and raised the quota to 13,000 metric tonnes, according to terms shared last month.

A woman was killed in east London when a pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks fell from a crane onto the pavement, a court has heard.

However, four years on from the date of the original plan, environmental consultants have concluded that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish still have no home.