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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.

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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’

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’

The Independent 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

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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.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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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

The Independent UK

Stunning pictures show osprey’s first flight from forest nest

Gilsland, a young osprey, made a 30-second flight around her nest in Kielder Forest, Northumberland.

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Everything was reduced to wind, water and me: an exhilarating adventure in Northumberland

Our writer heads to north-east England to go coasteering, rockpooling and wing surfing – with dolphins and puffins offering moral support

The Independent UK

Retired miner killed wife to ‘liberate’ her from suffering, Cypriot court hears

David Hunter, from Ashington, Northumberland, will be sentenced next week for the manslaughter of his spouse of 52 years.

The Conversation

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we've lost

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English cleric and…

The Independent UK

Team rings osprey chicks at Northern England stronghold

Osprey numbers at Kielder Forest, Northumberland, have gone from strength-to-strength since they returned to the county in 2009.

The National (Scotland)

Three people arrested for high value cyber-enabled fraud targeting Aberdeen woman

Three people have been arrested and charged in Essex, Kent and Northumberland in connection with a high value cyber-enabled fraud which targeted a…

Chronicle Live

Council 'getting tough' with fines for littering, graffiti and dog fouling in Northumberland increased

The fines could increase further by the end of the year

Chronicle Live

Northumberland takes first step towards low cost 'heat networks' to keep homes warm

It is hoped the initiative approach could slash the county's carbon emissions

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