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Huge 40ft Parliament Christmas tree put up to mark festive season

The Sitka spruce was selected from among the 150 million trees in Kielder Forest, Northumberland.

The Independent UK

Historic home of Craster kippers given listed status

The traditional techniques for smoking fish are still in use at the 167-year-old premises in the Northumberland town.

The Independent UK

Christmas tree begins 330-mile journey to Big Ben

Forestry England workers carefully felled the 40-year-old pine in Northumberland

Evening Standard

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Country diary: A space where a great sycamore should be

Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland: This was once a tree-filled landscape, now we just have remnants – wood sage, honeysuckle, and a stump in the Sycamore Gap

The Guardian - UK

MP warns decision on future of Northumberland’s Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall has ‘significant complications’

An MP has warned that there are “significant complications” around the future of the Sycamore Gap site.

Evening Standard

The big picture: eyes down for Daniel Meadows’s vision of a 1970s bingo hall

Half a century ago, the British portrait photographer captured regulars at a Northumberland game as part of his celebrated 14-month tour of England

The Guardian - UK

The felled Sycamore Gap tree may rise again

Letters: Readers respond to the attack on a renowned sycamore in Northumberland national park by a suspected vandal

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Government accused of ‘misleading’ public over HS2 alternative

Documents published on Wednesday stated that the Leamside Line in Northumberland would be reopened, it was reported.

The Independent UK

Why aren’t there more trees in the Sycamore Gap?

The tragic felling of the tree is making land managers reflect on how this barren landscape should look in future

The Guardian - UK

Everything we know about the felled Sycamore Gap tree

Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over ‘debliberate act of vandalism’

The Independent UK

The Sycamore Gap: four other significant tree destructions from history

The felling of a single sycamore tree prompted an outpouring of grief last week. The tree – known as the “Sycamore Gap” – had been an iconic landmark and its location, Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, is a protected Unesco world heritage site.

The Conversation

Everything we know about the felled Sycamore Gap tree

Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over ‘debliberate act of vandalism’

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap: what the long life of a single tree can tell us about centuries of change

Only a few individual trees could be rightly labelled as world famous, but the tree at Sycamore Gap along Hadrian’s Wall in northern England was one of them. No wonder its recent felling provoked public outcry and collective mourning.

The Conversation

Everything we know about the felled Sycamore Gap tree

Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over ‘debliberate act of vandalism’

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Everything we know about the felled Sycamore Gap tree

Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over ‘debliberate act of vandalism’

Evening Standard

Sapling planted at site of felled Sycamore Gap tree removed by National Trust

A man who planted a sapling at the site of the felled tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland is “devastated” it has been removed by the National Trust.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap tree: Man in his 60s is second person arrested in connection with felling

A man in his 60s has been arrested by police investigating the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland.

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap tree: ‘Minutes to cut down and centuries to grow back, if it ever does’, say experts

Experts say vandal likely had previous experience chopping down trees but is not a professional

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The best holidays to book for November, from winter sun in Oman to Scandi Christmas markets

Whether you’re embracing winter or looking to escape it, here are UK breaks, European getaways and mid-haul sun to inspire you

The Guardian - UK

‘More than just a tree’: recollections of Northumberland’s Sycamore Gap

Readers have been getting in touch with personal memories of the felled landmark and ideas of what should come next

The Independent UK

Can the Sycamore Gap tree be saved?

Widespread outrage and upset as police believe cutting down of tree was deliberate act of vandalism

The Guardian - UK

Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down

Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled

The Independent UK

World famous tree on Hadrian’s Wall was ‘deliberately felled’ leaving locals heartbroken

The Northumberland National Park authority said it was investigating what had happened.

The Independent UK

Harry, 11, gets highest grade in GCSE maths after taking exam five years early

Harry Thew, who took the exam in Year 6 at Bede Academy in Blyth, Northumberland, said his performance was ‘quite good’.

The Guardian - UK

Greek temple-style house rescued from two centuries of Northumberland damp

English Heritage gives Belsay Hall a makeover, with new roof and revived gardens

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