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Ex-friends who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree face lengthy jail terms

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing criminal damage to the much-loved tree following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Call for trees to be ‘listed’ like historic buildings in wake of Sycamore Gap felling

Several thousand trees would be included in the scheme, experts say

The Independent UK

‘Totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree inspired countless photos until it was felled

The tree was planted in a pleasing fold in the landscape next to Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard

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Jury in Sycamore Gap trial begins deliberations

The tree which stood beside Hadrian’s Wall was felled in September 2023.

Evening Standard

Friends accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree ‘feared becoming public enemy number one’

The judge in the trial of Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers at Newcastle Crown Court is summing up this morning, before the jury retires to consider its verdict

The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap accused committed ‘arboreal equivalent of thuggery’ for ‘a laugh’

Prosecutors say Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers realised they ‘weren’t the big men they thought they were’ when they saw the public outrage.

Evening Standard

Judge tells jury to consider Sycamore Gap case ‘calmly’

Mrs Justice Lambert told the jury to ‘consider the evidence calmly and dispassionately’.

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Sycamore Gap trial jury told to put emotions aside and ‘calmly’ judge case

The prosecution’s case was that either of the defendants cut down the tree while the other filmed

The Independent UK

Layton Carr: Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘cheeky, happy lad’ killed in Gatehouse industrial estate fire

Layton Carr died after a blaze broke out near Fairfield industrial park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on Friday

The Independent UK

More than £13,000 raised for family of boy who died in fire

Donors remembered the 14-year-old’s ‘beautiful smile’ and sent sympathies to his family.

Evening Standard

14 children arrested after boy died in fire bailed

The fire broke out near Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening.

Evening Standard

Tribute paid to boy who died in fire as 14 children arrested

The fire broke out near Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap accused thought world-famous tree would be ‘good trophy,’ jury told

Daniel Graham said his co-accused Adam Carruthers had spoken of wanting to cut down the much-loved tree beside Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap accused told police he was framed by someone ‘stirring the pot’

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers deny two counts of criminal damage to the famous tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

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Video of the moment ‘totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree was cut down played in court

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap was totemic, trial of two men accused of chopping down tree is told

Groundworker Daniel Graham and mechanic Adam Carruthers each deny two counts of criminal damage to the tree and Hadrian’s Wall.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap trial: Two men went on ‘moronic mission’ to fell tree in act of 'mindless vandalism’, jury told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to chop down the Northumberland landmark and filmed their actions, court heard

The Independent UK

Two men went on ‘moronic mission’ to fell Sycamore Gap tree, jury told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a chainsaw to chop down the Northumberland landmark and filmed their ‘mindless vandalism’, a court heard.

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The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap trial live: Friends accused of felling iconic tree blame each other, court told

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are on trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of felling the Sycamore Gap tree

The Independent UK

A year after being cut down, the search for answers continues over Sycamore Gap as pair face trial

As attention turns to two men facing trial for felling the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree, locals continue to grieve the loss and demand answers

The Independent UK

Man who admitted A1 police pursuit crash charge drove to work two days later

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was taking a woman out for a first date when the crash took place near the Denton roundabout on April 9.

Evening Standard

Man on first date admits dangerous driving in A1 crash with five police cars

Magistrates were told that a woman in the car with Mazyar Azarbonyad was on her first date with him and he was taking her home.

The Independent UK

A look back at David Beckham’s best (and worst) haircuts as the star turns 50

Remember the Mohican?

Evening Standard

Reform UK would ‘get the auditors in’ to councils over DEI and ergonomic chairs

Party leader Nigel Farage said ‘we’ve got to see the long-term contracts that many of these county or unitary authorities have signed up to’.

The Independent UK

Report hits back at ‘disgraceful’ accusations of two-tier policing after summer riots

‘Those participating in disorder were not policed more strongly because of their supposed political views but because they were throwing missiles’

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