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Charlotte Duck

Why Haringey Council erected “a fortress” and drafted in 16 guards around a 120-year-old plane tree

A 120-year-old plane tree in north London has become an unlikely battleground this month.

Haringey Council erected a would-be fortress around it, summoning 16 guards from Arslan Security, and council bailiffs, to an empty residential street at 4.30am on Sunday 12 March.

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