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The Sycamore Gap Mystery review – so bad it should be charged for criminal damage to your intellect

This risibly sombre, laughably self-important documentary about the felling of the tree on Hadrian’s Wall is 90 minutes of your life that you will never get back

The Guardian - UK

First saplings from felled Sycamore Gap tree are planted

The tree was deliberately cut down overnight in September 2023, prompting a national outcry and a police investigation.

Evening Standard

Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted across UK

National Trust begins planting the 49 ‘trees of hope’ so the illegally felled tree can live on in a positive way

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First ‘hopeful’ saplings from felled Sycamore Gap tree set to be planted

Forty-nine saplings were grown from seeds and material rescued from the tree, which grew along Hadrian’s Wall on land cared for by the National Trust.

Evening Standard

First saplings grown from iconic Sycamore Gap to be planted after tree was illegally felled

More than half of the 49 ‘trees of hope’ from the sycamore will be planted over the course of National Tree Week

The Independent UK

The ‘hopeful’ saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree set to be planted

Forty-nine saplings were grown from seeds and material rescued from the tree, which grew along Hadrian’s Wall on land cared for by the National Trust.

The Independent UK

‘We have to be responsible stewards’: JB Gill on Sycamore Gap and his love of the outdoors

After the pointless felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, popstar turned farmer and Woodland Trust ambassador JB Gill wants more people to find wonder in the countryside

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Sycamore Gap tree stump caged in netting to prevent tributes harming regrowth

Visitors have been leaving tributes at the National Trust site since the tree was illegally felled in September 2023.

The Independent UK

Artists given chance to use wood from felled Sycamore Gap tree

Two years after the tree was cut down, the National Trust says it wants to turn a sense of loss ‘into a sense of hope’

The Guardian - UK

Artists invited to breathe life into Sycamore Gap tree

On the second anniversary of its felling, the National Trust wants the remnants of the tree to inspire art.

Evening Standard

New study reveals secrets of felled Sycamore Gap tree

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The Independent UK

Sycamore Gap tree was at least 100-120 years old, ring count finds

Age ties in with theory tree was planted in 19th century by landowner known as ‘the man who saved Hadrian’s Wall’

The Guardian - UK

Age mystery of felled Sycamore Gap tree finally solved

Researchers have been able to study the tree’s characteristics after it was felled illegally two years ago

The Independent UK

Minimum age of Sycamore Gap tree confirmed by scientists after illegal felling

Researchers found the tree to be at least 100 to 120 years old when it was cut down two years ago.

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Evening Standard

Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed

She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycamore Gap tree were jailed for four years and three months

The Guardian - UK

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Brief letters: Government v BBC | Punching down | Sycamore Gap and Grenfell | Planting trees | Minister for drought

The Independent UK

Pair who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for ‘moronic mission’

Two men, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, have been jailed for four years and three months each for felling Britain's iconic Sycamore Gap tree. The much-loved sycamore, estimated to be almost 200 years old, stood beside Hadrian's Wall and featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Graham, 39,…

Euronews

Two men who felled iconic Sycamore Gap tree on UK's Roman Wall jailed for four years

Sarah Dodd, a lawyer specialising in tree law, said it was the first time in the UK that someone had been sentenced to prison for illegally felling a tree.

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The Independent UK

Two men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree in act of ‘sheer bravado’ jailed

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers showed no emotion as they were jailed for damaging the Sycamore Gap tree at Newcastle Crown Court

The Conversation

Why the Sycamore Gap tree provoked such strong emotional reactions – a psychologist explains

In September 2023, so many people were shocked when the famous Sycamore Gap tree, thriving in a dip along Hadrian’s Wall, was deliberately cut down overnight. For many, the tree symbolised British resilience, heritage and an enduring history. The public response was swift and intense, with widespread outrage and grief…

Evening Standard

Tip-off helped police crack Sycamore Gap case, senior detective says

But officers still do not have a satisfactory answer for the question of why the tree was felled, the detective has said.

The Independent UK

Voices: It’s not ‘just a tree’: The Sycamore Gap vandals got what they deserved

COMMENT: ‘Moronic’ Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been jailed for four years for criminal damage to the famous tree. Victoria Richards looks at why its loss made such a mark on public consciousness

The Independent UK

Vandals who cut down Sycamore Gap tree sentenced in England to more than 4 years in prison

Two men who cut down England’s iconic Sycamore Gap tree have been sentenced to over four years in prison

Evening Standard

Two men who cut down Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years

Former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were convicted of criminal damage to the much-loved tree in Northumberland.

The Independent UK

How a ‘single strand of intelligence’ brought down the Sycamore Gap tree fellers

Amid the national outrage over the chopping down of the Sycamore Gap tree, the responsibility of finding the vandals fell heavily on the shoulders of the lead police detective

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