A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a world-famous, iconic tree was chopped down overnight in what police say was an act of deliberate vandalism.
The majestic Sycamore Gap tree, next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, thought to be around 300 years old, was one of the most photographed trees in the UK. It was made famous by actor Kevin Costner when it appeared in his 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, and was voted English Tree of the Year in 2016 in the Woodland Trust’s awards.
