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Tom Wilkinson

Sycamore Gap tree feller ‘ironically prolonged its life’ says National Trust as crane moves in

Whoever felled the world-famous tree at Sycamore Gap has “ironically” prolonged its life, a National Trust boss said.

As painstaking works were carried out in Northumberland to remove the 50ft sycamore, believed to have been planted in the late 19th century, thoughts turned to what will happen to the timber and the stump left behind.

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