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Seeing the wood for the trees: Why we shouldn’t mourn every felled oak
Trees are emotive, as the furore over the Toby Carvery oak and the Sycamore gap prove. But a political obsession with ...
Toby Carvery blasted as ancient oak tree near restaurant car park is hacked down
Toby Carvery is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, which said it employed contractors to cut the oak tree near the Whitewebbs ...
Toby Carvery defends chopping down ‘irreplaceable’ 400-year-old oak tree
The owners of Toby Carvery are under fire after an ‘irreplaceable’ ancient oak in north London was chopped down. The tree, ...
Toby Carvery criticised for felling ancient oak tree - as council reports incident to police
Enfield Council says it is "treating the matter as criminal damage" but Sky News has been told by Toby Carvery the tree posed ...
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Why are ancient trees important and what protection do they have?
The New Forest in Hampshire is home to a number ... with the country having more ancient and veteran oak trees than anywhere else in Europe. Dr Pyne said this was generally down to historic ...
Toby Carvery boss apologises for cutting down 500-year-old Enfield oak tree
Toby Carvery has come under fire over the felling of an ancient oak tree in Whitewebbs Park, north London - leaving ...
Why are ancient trees important and what protection do they have?
The decaying nature of ancient and veteran trees is one of their key characteristics because of the microhabitats they offer ...